Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Particular sectors have their own grievances. In the heady days before admission to the bloc, applicants closed their eyes to the inevitable drawbacks. No longer. Farmers must now learn to deal with higher standards and cheap competition; fishermen have come to understand how aid is dependent on cutting their fleets. And then there's all the meddlesome regulation. "Compared with today, the bureaucracy in Soviet times was nothing," says Raita Karnite at the Institute of Economics in the Latvian capital, Riga. Found this quote interesting. It's odd to see the dichotomy between the eastern and western halves of the EU. Like the sound of this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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