My right hon. Friend is struggling manfully to cloak his dodgy deal in respectability by constantly focusing on help for eastern Europe. If we were asked for a simple straight fiscal transfer to help eastern European countries, that would be one thing, but the reality is that Chirac attacked our rebate simply because we were threatening the common agricultural policy once again. If we got rid of the CAP, we could all give generously to eastern Europe.
European Communities (Finance) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 19 November 2007.
It occurred during Debate on bills on European Communities (Finance) Bill.
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