Tied hands at the European Commission
By: psr, 2007-10-17
Numerous member states make up today’s European Union, and it grows every so often to incorporate new members. All these states pay for the expenses of the E.U., including administrative costs, EU subsidies, and other forms of aid given by the E.U.
In return for their contribution, each state expects to receive an equal share of E.U. aid back, in one or other form.
Funds administered by the European Commission are therefore subject to being distributed mostly according to geography rather than based on merit or need. Because such awarding method is meaningless, this reflects on the efficiency, quality and usefulness of several major E.U. projects.
For instance, the “Eurofighter†and the “Galileo†project have had to assign manufacturing responsibilities of different parts of the systems to different E.U. countries, …
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