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The EU countries subsidising holidays

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At a time when European leaders are facing up to a massive debt crisis, millions of euros of taxpayers money are being spent every year, sending elderly, poor or disabled EU citizens on holiday.

Sheer lunacy you might think, but is there method behind what might sound like madness? Fiona Foster reports.

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