The EU Splashing our money about all over the place
The EU is to invest in operations of spas in the Asia-Pacific region by training up to 1,000 spa therapists over the next two years.
The programme has two key objectives. The first is to improve the business potential of 50 spa operators from each of the four participating countries by providing spa services that conform to European standards of spa operation.
The second is to enhance business relationships between spa operators and travel agents in the participating countries, in order to increase spa visits by European travelers.
I suppose they will tell us they need to spend this money to protect EU Citizens. But I cannot see what benefit it can be for British taxpayers to assits turism projects in the Asia-Pacific region. Perhaps EU Eletes spend their time in spars in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, but do the majority of the rest of us have any money spare for the air ticket.
The EU has also given another a €61million grant to the Philippines.
The money is to help towards funding a series of reforms recently planned by the Philippines government for the health service, better protection of human rights and efforts towards finding peace with Muslim rebels.
