A la lecture de cet article du Times, on comprend mieux pourquoi la France reste viscéralement attachée à la PAC:
Three times as many French farmers receive large subsidies from the EU than those of any other country. In total, France receives almost twice as much direct subsidies for its farmers as any other member state, and they are mostly channelled to large farmers rather than traditional small-scale land holders.Une intransigeance qui porte préjudice aux autres membres de l'UE et risque de faire échouer les négociations actuelles sur l'ouverture au commerce international:
Despite the huge discrepancies France steadfastly refuses to countenance any reduction in farm subsidies, bringing the EU budget negotiations in Brussels and the World Trade Organisation talks in Hong Kong, both climaxing this week, to the brink of collapse.
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