Hungary and Slovenia is to form a workgroup consisting of experts within a matter of weeks to remedy the two countries' problems with regard to damage mitigation – announced Minister for Rural Development Sándor Fazekas following discussions with his Slovenian counterpart on Friday in Eger.

Following the bilateral ministerial talks, Sándor Fazekas stated that he and Slovenian Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Food Dejan Zidan had discussed the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, the statute that came into force in Hungary last year on the regulations concerning food cultivation, production and distribution by small-scale producers, the public health product tax imposed on various foods, and experiences concerning the plight of bees.

(Press Office of the Ministry of Rural Development)