The ultimate cure for the state-aid addicts does not lie in tinkering with procedures or in giving the commission more power or, indeed, in Brussels at all.
The state sought to cure the problem by encouraging local sheriffs to build more cells, in part by promising that a certain portion of them would be filled.
But there are many unknowns about this treatment, and it's not clear how permanent the state of desensitization is, she said, and this immunotherapy method is not a cure.