Det lykkes kun Kommissionen at fjerne for 76 milliarder subventioner på otte år, mens en lignende indsats til sammenligning i Tyskland for dens områder i øst havde forudsat 3.400 milliarder.
The Commission is not succeeding in freeing up the ECU 76 billion of subsidies over eight years, while, by comparison, an effort comparable to that made by Germany for the eastern Länder would have required ECU 3, 400 billion.