Italian sour grapes over Ireland's health warning

The World

Ireland's plan to put cancer warnings on all bottles of alcohol, including wine is not going down well with Italians. The Italian Farmers’ Association has called the the plan a “direct attack” on Italy while the country’s foreign minister says the European Commission needs to intervene and put a stop to it. Italian winegrowers fear where Ireland goes, the rest of the European Union may follow. The World's Europe correspondent Orla Barry reports.

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