In article , Torsten Brinch
writes
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 20:16:08 +0000, Tim Lamb
wrote:

I was thinking more of the level initially set for intervention, the
sums available for export support etc.

OK, and what were you thinking about these matters?

Hmm. It was your brain I hoped to explore. The initial level was set
quite high and then reduced drastically in subsequent years.

The money might have been better used if spread less thickly at the top
but I guess the present arrangement can be defended as *fair*.

I would be interested in how you would you go about doing that.

I suppose, to retain fairness, you could have a fixed payment to each
farm with a top up acreage payment. This might detract from any
unwritten agenda to encourage farm amalgamation though.

I hear the Poles are unhappy about what has been offered by way of
support payments.

Last thing I heard about the negotiations (that was Friday, yesterday
evening) they (the polsky and the czcech included) were down to
discussing boxes with petty money like 250 million Euro, i.e. they
were discussing whether or not a few colored feathers and glass
beads should be added to the packages. And, unsurprisingly, the
morning news announces, that an agreement has been reached.
So, that's probably it, 10 more countries will now join the EU.

So where is the final geographical boundary and what chance to Brussels
bureaucrats have of controlling the politics?

regards


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Tim Lamb