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In 1989, Western Europe considered itself the victor in a long-term conflict. This victory was to be crowned with the annexation of the East. Many people in the East were amenable to this, in the expectation of receiving great financial support and imminent wealth. Now that 2004 is on the horizon, it becomes apparent how difficult the accession of new Member States is. Many of these difficulties are money-related. Our agricultural policy, which promotes the economy of scale and keeps food prices artificially low in order to curb pay claims by the workers, will become unaffordable if the small farmers in Poland are allowed to take part. The lion’s share of our regional funds, which, to a large degree, pump money from the rich Member States via the bureaucracy in Brussels back to the same rich Member States, would, on the basis of the current criteria, be intended for the new Member States, mainly at the expense of areas in Spain, Portugal and Greece which are currently still the poorest countries. The monies reserved for accession are being distributed over far more candidate countries than was originally planned. There will soon not be any money left for circulating around the rich Member States for propaganda purposes. Like the rapporteur, I am quite happy to protect poor Member States from a role as net payers, but simply to exempt newcomers from payments in order to entice them, is taking things too far in my view."@en1
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