Mr. Finchem said he included Mr. Woods's tournament in the television package not to direct TV money to the golfer's activities but to make the overall package more valuable to networks.
It would also have included direct debits in the package, allowing a company or utility in one euro country to draw funds directly from a customer's bank account in another.
France's fishermen, another grumpy lot, came off best from his tax package, aided not by direct cuts in their fuel costs, but by a special reduction to the heavy social taxes they pay as employers.