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The £135 Million Cucumber Bailout: UK Taxpayers Forced to Share Compensation Bill for Germany’s E.coli Outbreak

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Wednesday, 08 June 2011 10:23

‘British taxpayers are to contribute to an EU bailout worth at least £135million for farmers hit by Germany’s E.coli epidemic. The bill is a direct result of the German government’s failure to get to grips with a crisis that has claimed 22 lives and left thousands sick.

The European Commission proposed a figure of £135million, but the final amount could be two or three times higher.’

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