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The Upper Palatinate is gearing up for tourism.
120 miles away from Prague
Offered is something that does not cost a lot, but brings a lot of EU funding.
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No matter how far back we can remember, every six years it is almost the same procedure. .Whenever the new funding period of the European Union begins, in the region's only printed newspaper arise reports on planned tourist activities. In the intervening years, the funds received are spent on contracts with local and regional companies. Seldom is something created, that could be also of interest to visitors inside and outside the region. The investments made with EU funds are also extremely rarely suitable in the same way for all citizens of the towns and the region at all.
If you report completely honestly, the funds mostly flow into the creation and maintenance of things, the municipalities would have to create as a separate task and at their own expense for their citizens. This creates a kind of competitive relationship, between the targeted tourists and the residents. In a nutshell: You can do without tourists, if they don't bring in significantly more money, than can be obtained from the funding without any service. In almost all borderland communities this behavior is identical. The European Union is welcome, as long as all six years the funds are arriving. EU politics is only of interest if there is arriving money. The proximity to the Czech Republic is only of interest if there is more money for it. Certain people definitely the majority are allowed to live on it. It also prevents factory owners from paying more wages, than is strictly necessary. Ultimately, this is what European taxpayers pay. At best, it is still paid by taxpayers from the rest of Germany. The people in the region don't pay it, because the federal tax refunds are just enough to finance city and local governments.
Why do we write this so clearly, and also angrily? Because every independent enterprise is in competition with this free money. So, whoever invests their own money is not only fighting in free competition. He also fights against gifts from the EU. ( p e x e l s . c o m I o r a n I b r a h i m B f o t o :
