Costs/benefits of the EU

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 11:28

Every Dutchmen (16,5 million) is charged about 100 Euros per year to keep the EU working/afloat.

Every Dutchmen benefits from the membership of the EU with 2.000 Euros per year.



Anyone an idea about the real figures for the UK?

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 11:41

That makes Holland a net beneficiary. As far as I know the UK is a net contributor, but I don't know by how much...

ricky


Joined: 26/01/2009
Posts: 294

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 13:43

UK net contributor, I have my doubts...???

Arek Naw


Joined: 29/08/2008
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
10/06/2009 14:07

This should answer some of your questions



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8036097.stm

jobstogo


Joined: 10/06/2009
Posts: 21

Message Posted:
11/06/2009 22:38

i read somewere it was £26,000000 a week we pay

Aussie


Joined: 17/06/2007
Posts: 657

Message Posted:
12/06/2009 13:18

Whilst the EU free trade and labour movement does provide some synergies in boasting overall EU productivity and the economy generally its extremely unlikely that this is enough to make each EU citizen or country a net beneficiary.



I always understood the UK and Germany paid the most and got the least back and the newer and poorer members received the most per capita to offset this. Countries like Belgium obviously benefit from having a lot of EU staff and administrative infrastructure as well which probably provide a multiplier boost to domestic taxes and incomes etc which is difficult to calculate/ allocate.



The net contributions section (total and by population) on Arek Naw's link is interesting.



Per capita Greece gains the biggest net benefit of 500 euros per capita.



Aussie