Friday's new proposal aims to ensure fair competition in the bidding for new contracts, and the German transport Ministry welcomed it as an acceptable compromise."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7109971.stm
mr.columbus - 24/11/2007 11:38 AMIt is about time that they agree on how to proceed with Galileo. Using agricultural money of about 1.6 billion EUR is certainly a good idea to finance Galileo
mtakala24 - 26/11/2007 4:39 PMQuotemr.columbus - 24/11/2007 11:38 AMIt is about time that they agree on how to proceed with Galileo. Using agricultural money of about 1.6 billion EUR is certainly a good idea to finance Galileo Do you realise how many people will lose their jobs - at least here in southern parts of Finland, even the bigger agricultural installations are in danger.The agricultural money that those farms have been receiving, is described as "temporary permanent subsidies" Now they are arguing about what temporary permanent thing means
Lampyridae - 26/11/2007 12:12 AMIn South Africa, you could quite easily find imported EU food that was cheaper than the local stuff, such is the strength of their subsidy. It's a problem for the agricultural sectors of 3rd World countries, but not that much of a problem.
sammie - 27/11/2007 3:12 PMPoint in case being, hopefully wasted agricultural subsidies will be transferred to a largely redundant and national prestige project like Galileo, it's bad, but not as bad as the original destination
sammie - 27/11/2007 10:12 AMPoint in case being, hopefully wasted agricultural subsidies will be transferred to a largely redundant and national prestige project like Galileo, it's bad, but not as bad as the original destination
mr.columbus - 27/11/2007 8:44 PMAs to "national prestige project", I think with regard to Galileo that is a non-starter argument as we are talking about an EU project, which per se can't be about national prestige.
A_M_Swallow - 28/11/2007 3:44 AMQuotemr.columbus - 27/11/2007 8:44 PMAs to "national prestige project", I think with regard to Galileo that is a non-starter argument as we are talking about an EU project, which per se can't be about national prestige. It is very easy for the Galileo project to be about national prestige. The EU's rulers see it as a single country with places like France and Germany as Lander. The dream about repeating the process by which England's American colonies went independent and jointed together beneath the federal government to form the United States of America.
A_M_Swallow - 28/11/2007 11:02 AMI do not feel like a European national either.There is a simple alternative to Galileo, just cancel it before it does any more harm.
claudiadg - 28/11/2007 10:39 AMBut would you say that the Costellation program is "a largely redudant & national prestige project"?