EU And Us: Farming With France
FRANCE is the current president of Europe. It’s a system seemingly modelled on Italian politics where everyone gets a go at being leader. For the next six months - lest war in Europe breaks out, Germany invades or France refuses to give it back - the baton is with Les Blues.
As the press release for Europa tells us:
The European Commission has approved 31 programmes in 16 Member States… to provide information on and to promote agricultural products in the European Union.
Want to know how the money is divided and who gets what? This graph should give you some idea:
For those of reading in black and white, France is in the pink…
July 25th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
you gotta love them though haven’t you
Any country who has retail outlets that fill up your plastic bottles with vin rouge for peanuts gets my vote
July 25th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Didn’t Denmark do well ?
July 25th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
What dirt have the Danes got on France?
July 26th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Noseycow Says:
July 25th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
you gotta love them though haven’t you
Any country who (WHICH!!! and it’s not my mother tongue!) has retail outlets that fill up your plastic bottles with vin rouge for peanuts gets my vote
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It’s vin rouge, vin blanc and vin rosé in most places. Great stuff if you have paintbrushes that need cleaning…