It was fortunate, however, that governments took things in hand quickly, without waiting for the Commission to stir from its slumber, entangled as it was in its bureaucratic dogma, focused on competition and its hatred of subsidies, stunned by its inability to have seen the crisis coming, even though it was foreseeable for a year.
Din fericire, guvernele au preluat totuşi controlul rapid asupra situaţiei, fără a aştepta deşteptarea Comisiei, împotmolită în dogmele sale birocratice, concentrată asupra concurenţei şi a aversiunii sale faţă de subvenţii, imobilizată de incapacitatea sa de a fi anticipat criza, chiar dacă aceasta fusese previzibilă timp de un an.