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Fri 05 May 2004EU health spending criticisedThe European Union was sharply criticised yesterday for spending more money on animal subsidies than on protecting the public health of its citizens.The director of the Dublin-based European Health Management Association, Mr Philip Berman, said that every EU cow receives EU subsidies that would allow it go to Club Med for two weeks but the EU public health budget would only pay for one polo mint for every EU citizen.