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...year, and the ruling party may not have the two-thirds majority required to extend their stay. Polls suggest that some 70% of Hungarians are against the idea, and the incumbent party could face a stiff challenge in elections expected next year. Political pressure may also be building in Poland, a staunch ally that contributed 2,500 troops to the occupation. Opposition there to the Iraqi deployment rose from less than 30% after the fall of Baghdad to 75% after the Abu Ghraib prison scandal...
...over the past 20 years, from 12.7 million to just over 6 million, and agriculture accounts for less than 2% of the E.U.'s GDP. (These numbers don't include the 4 million farmers in the 10 nations that joined the E.U. in May, 2.7 million of them in Poland). But given the strong attachment many Europeans feel to the countryside, governments have been careful to cushion the impact of the changes to agricultural policies. And agritourism could be a commercially viable way for farmers to earn a living while keeping the rural landscape intact. Even in relatively wealthy countries...
...must produce over 50% of the food they sell to tourists. In Britain, Germany and elsewhere, there are stringent health and safety controls, including fire regulations and rules governing contact with farm animals. That might scare off a laid-back farmer, but in other places, especially poorer regions, including Poland, farmers are undeterred. Slawomir Bojar, a Polish electronics specialist, got into the agritourism business last year because he was looking for a change of pace after heart surgery. He and his wife bought a 100-year-old property near the shore of Lake Sarag in the Mazurian district...
...only way to maintain and restore the old villas and ancient structures that would otherwise be abandoned," says Livia Pianelli, director of Terranostra, an agency linked to the Italian farmers' union. Even with rising demand, not all agritourism destinations will survive. Willard Biemans, an E.U. official in Poland who deals with rural development, says that, given high start-up costs, "It's a big risk, especially if you take into account that everybody is doing it, and everybody thinks this is the future." Still, back in Germany, farmer Winkelmann is enjoying the boom. His farm, called Flottwedel, offers guests...
...Sharon's. My Uncle Adam and his family live in Paris, and have no desire or intention to leave. My cousin Cathy and her children live in Israel, and they, too, have no intention of leaving. I have family in South Africa, the U.S., Canada, Australia, Mexico, Poland and Scotland, all of whom have declined the option of living in Israel. Those who tell Jews like Cathy they don't belong in Israel are quickly seen as anti-Semitic. But I apply the same label to anyone who tells Uncle Adam that as a Jew he doesn't belong...