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?

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 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.