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"Mr President, it is always a pleasure to see you in the Chair, because one knows things will run smoothly. That is more than could be said about Britain’s six-month Presidency of the Council, which will soon come to an end, and what an ignominious end it will be.
Mr Blair started out with a sweeping agenda for reform of the common agricultural policy and cutting-back on overregulation. What exactly has he achieved? Nothing! The CAP is as unreformed as ever and rules, regulations and directives have increased, not decreased.
That is not to say that the British Presidency will not be significant. Mr Blair has been under intense pressure to surrender the British rebate of GBP 3 billion per annum in order to prevent the collapse of the EU budget talks for 2007 to 2013. In the tradition of British governments since 1972, it is almost certain that Mr Blair will surrender the British national interest – in this case the budget rebate – while no doubt still finding a way of trumpeting it as a triumph of diplomacy."@en1
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