There is a select group of masochists out there (us included) who devote their time to studying the inner workings of the EU budget. Its a very dry and technical process but at the end of the day the numbers matter – the UK’s gross annual contribution …
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June 11, 2014
The European Commission has this afternoon put out its draft EU budget for 2015 which proposes total new spending commitments amounting to €145.6bn and €142.1bn in actual expenditure. The accompanying press release proudly proclaims that:”The propo…
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February 8, 2013
We’ve been listening to the national press briefings of several EU leaders following the deal on the EU budget (which we analyse here). And you got it – they all won! (well, almost). Here goes:David Cameron (UK) The British Prime Minister said, “I…
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December 3, 2012
When the Commission talks about the EU budget, it’s always worth taking their “facts” with a pinch of salt – they have a record of spinning the figures pretty shamelessly. The issue of the EU budget is refusing to go away – the torturous discu…
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The European Commission has its own dedicated “myth buster” which aims to explain to the masses and media how terrific the EU budget is, and that all claims to the contrary are “euro myths”. Despite making some fair points, overall the list is gen…
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