EASTERN EUROPE THINK PIECE
January 1st, 2003
BY ALAN OSBORNWE are not inclined to disagree with those who say the enlargement of the European Union from 15 to 25 countries in 2004 is to be done on terms much less damaging to present EU farmers, and conversely much less favourable to incoming farmers, than seemed probable a year ago. At one time it was thought that farmers in the accession countries would get exactly the same subsidies as existing members when they joined.On paper this seemed fair. In financial terms the only word to describe it was "ruinous." Poland alone has a bigger farming sector, in ...
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