The definition that was given in the course of the review carried out by the Commission on State aid is entirely debatable. Commissioner, Descartes, the great French philosopher born in my region, the Loire Valley, said: ‘The general interest is a circle of which the centre is known, but the circumference is unknown’.
Descartes, de grote Franse filosoof die in mijn regio, het Loiredal, is geboren, zei: “Het algemeen belang is een cirkel waarvan men wel het middelpunt maar niet de omtrek kent”, mijnheer de commissaris.