Indeed,  but the fact is that at the EU policy level, that message has been hammered time and time again. That it bears repeating is one thing, but to make it the central point of two 15 minutes presentation is another.

True, some countries in the EU don't use this tenet, but the new directive has been trying to streamline support schemes.

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