Sausages, schnapps and subsidies

First the Romanian Minister of Agriculture Decebal Traian Remes was filmed taking a payoff - or to be precise: sausages, schnapps and a hefty envelope. Then news came from Brussels that millions in subsidies for Romanian farmers couldn't be distributed owing to Remes' omissions: "In any country that doesn't want to be called a banana republic, a minister accused of such things would be forced to resign. ... But we're in Romania and it's likely that Remes will keep his position and at worst be annoyed that the press has the effrontery to publish the pictures. Brussels has given Bucharest a month to set up agencies for paying out the subsidies, but it's unlikely that Remes will be able to achieve in one month what he failed to do in six."

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