Ireland is to go ahead with health warnings on wine bottles similar to those on cigarette packets, Irish diplomatic sources told ANSA Monday.
Italy has said it will make common cause with France and Spain in trying to block the labels, which warn of links to cancer and harm for the liver due to excessive consumption.
After the tacit approval of the European Commission, Dublin is set to move ahead with the warnings on beer, wine and spirits despite the opposition of Italy and the other major wine producers, the sources said.
“We do not yet have precise dates, but the government is working on it and we will go ahead,” they said.
They noted that Irish legislation on the issue dates back to 2018.
