Louis Michel's slogan. What value should we attach to the Tony Blair slogan that it is absurd for the EU to spend 40% of its budget on a declining activity which only concerns 5% of the European population? When asked about this, European Commissioner Louis Michel replied that agriculture directly concerns not 5%, but 100% of European citizens. Of the two exaggerations, I much prefer Louis Michel's. Agricultural activity fulfils the requirements of civil society (multifunctionality) and...