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EEA states "must stick together" in response to Commission
March 4, 2003 12:00 AM
EEA states must be unified in their response to the EU Commission's request for an 'enhanced' financial contribution in order to reap the full benefits of an enlarged Internal Market according to Diana Wallis MEP.
Speaking in Iceland today on relations with the EU, the Leader of the UK Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament said:
"The EU Commission's request for an 'enhanced 'financial contribution from the EEA states in respect of their payment under the financial mechanism of the EEA Agreement was made with a particular lack of sensitivity. On the other hand if a country expects to participate in the benefits of the enlarged Internal Market - as the EEA will - they have to expect a higher contribution."
Diana Wallis, author of the book, "Forgotten Enlargement: Future EU Relations with Iceland, Norway and Switzerland," went on to say:
"What is important now is that the EEA states stick together and go back to the Commission with a robust and reasoned counter-proposal. This will have to be based on their participation in the enlarged Internal Market and not just on the basis of channelling money to the acceding states which ignores the whole concept of European 'social solidarity'."
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