One region in six above 125% of EU average

[Solly]

Originally posted by Dauphin


Well of course we did, but its obvious to everyone that we need to get everyone up to 125% of the EU average.

Is that possible?

[Dauphin]

If they're government statistics, of course it's possible.

[pchang]

In Lake Woebegone

every child is above average

[Barnabas]

I was watching a map of spanish region the other day, about which ones were above eu average and which ones below, all the ones near the french the border were above, Cataluña, Aragon, Basque Country, Navarra, and the eastern most part of old castile + Madrid and the Turistic provinces, the ones far away from France and near Portugal were below, Portugal was all below eu average except for the capital, lisbon.

Thats is something I read, that the economic center of Continental Europe is a line which goes from the netherlands, germany to north italy, and the poverty or wealth is proportional to the distance from that line.

Curiously the wealthy spanish territories bordering france, were wealthier than the french territories near Spain, the south west of France apart from Tolouse is one of the least developed parts of the country.

[RGBVideo]

I kid you not,

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
the economic center of Continental Europe is a line which goes from the netherlands, germany to north italy, and the poverty or wealth is proportional to the distance from that line.

AKA "The Golden Banana"

[Solly]

Re: I kid you not,

Originally posted by VJ

AKA "The Golden Banana"

I believe it takes in the shit-end of England too..

[Dauphin]

Au contraire. Kent. The place to be.

[Provost Harrison]

Dartford

Gravesend

Gillingham

[Dauphin]

See, Kent is so good that Essex folk are drawn to Kent like Mexicans to America.

The decent Kentish towns are Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Royal Tunbridge Wells and Pratt's Bottom.

[Provost Harrison]

Yeah, I suppose I have become accustomed to it. Although technically I spend more of my time there

[TheStinger]

Originally posted by Tacc


And that, my friends, is the reason why Europe will not be among the big players in the next 50 years.

I don't remember anyone asking me if I wanted europe to be amongst the big players.

I have no problem with increasing the free trade zone which will bu itself help poorer regions.

But please explain why my money should be spent on corrupt agricultural sytems inother areas of europe.

I ahve far more in common with New Zealenders than with Rumanians and i'm not giving my monet to them