EU budget negotiations, which kick off this week, are about three things: the size of the overall pot of money; which countries will pay into that pot; and which countries will get money out of it.
For those following the debate, here is your cut-out-and-keep Excel guide to those questions, plucked from 2009, the latest year for which figures have been compiled.
Over 70 per cent of the EU’s money comes from five countries: Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the UK, in that order. But most of the money comes back to them, too. France (with its EU farm subsidies) gets the biggest amount back, followed by Germany, Spain, Italy and Poland (with its farmers and its roads funded by EU development funds).
As the debate gets underway for the next seven-year budget framework, we thought we’d crunch the numbers to establish who the biggest winners and losers are. (Check out the outcomes for all 27 countries in this spreadsheet) Read more
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