Repatriation of funds - no, Minister.

Repatriation of funds is a novel idea whereby an EU member state would reduce its contribution to the EU budget in return for allocating a similar sum to regional development projects, in keeping with EU objectives.

An interesting debate at Westminster Hall illustrates why the parliamentary representatives of European regions sometimes have doubts about their Governments' determination to prioritise the objectives for which those European funds were originally allocated. If people in Wales feel this way, one might expect others, say in Italy or the Balkans, to have similar anxieties.


My opinion of Plaid Cymry has gone up, especially of ex-MP for Ceredigion, Mr Simon Thomas, a lefty who opposed the hypocritical and populist fox-hunting ban.