Now Is Not the Time to Itch That British Rebate Scratch

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The temptation to sink one's head in one's hands and groan is immense. Janusz Lewandowski should have known better.

Was now really the time to start carping about the British rebate? Mr Lewandowski, the EU's Budget Commissioner, was giving an interview to German business newspaper Handelsblatt when he opined that "the British rebate has lost its original justification".

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Now Is Not the Time to Itch That British Rebate Scratch

Now, I ask you, what was the point of that? The essence of Mr Lewandowski's analysis is correct. Or, at least, it was correct.

There was a time, after the massive enlargement of the EU to Central and Eas...

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