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"Maxi-expansion, mini-Europe
By Petros Papaconstantinou
European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso’s scathing remarks over the new British proposals to end the EU’s 2007-2013 budget, calling them “unacceptable” and “a budget for a mini-Europe,” were totally justified.
Blair’s package effectively promotes the economic interests of a narrow rich club while eating into the social cohesion programs of smaller nations, particularly eastern newcomers, trimming their subsidies by 10 percent. But Barroso cannot or does not want to dig to the heart of the matter: Mini-Europe is not the outgrowth of Britain’s national egotism but of a “maxi-enlargement” strategy."
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