The EU common Agricultural Policy

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Originally Posted by Louis IV the Fat

Which money is then transferred to Portugal, Spain and the former Eastern European members or squandered on Greece and Southern Italy..

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You, Sir, are an erudite and incisive fellow.

Any country we could buy food from would be more dependent of us than we of them.

At least export subsidies are going to fall by 2013:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4539108.stm

I think the whole CAP should be just stopped. The Southern and Eastern parts of Europe are fully capable of providing the rest of the Europe food with deacent prize. There always will be some agricultural production left in the rest of the European Nations also,becouse there are always people that are ready to pay a higher prize for locally produced food.
Supporting an unprofitable industry in a free market area like EU is just plain stupid.I think that we could have lot better things to do with half of the EU budget then this.

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Originally Posted by Redleg

We don't live in a peaceful world now do we? Nor will it be peaceful as long as humans live on the planet.

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Seems a bit biased to me.... :san_wink:
Why assume that every country with lack of a resource would invade another nation with lots of it..... :san_tongue:

I disagree, we will in the future get a peaceful world living in harmony. Maybe I am a dreamer....... :san_grin:

Oh stop being such a dreamy libby...
The only thing that can unify the world is if the Covenant invade:san_angry:

Anyways about the EU I thought Britain paid the second most in the union and without the rebate would pay the most whereas France through agricultural subsidies pays hardly anything.

Pulls out old hundred years war armour and banner of Henry V!