Beyond the Budget: Why the EU Matters [OC]
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Beyond the Budget: Why the EU Matters [OC]
Posted by DataPulseResearch
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It would be so much better if you used per capita values. It’s a bit misleading currently
This is the kind of chart that permanently damaged the brains of the German people. Their economy will never grow until the last person to see this thing dies.
[Luxembourg](https://today.rtl.lu/news/fact-check/a/1972435.html) is a net recipient as the figures includes the allocation of EU funds to institutions based there (€1.7bn approx in 2020 admin costs for example)
how is possible belglum receveive the double of greece? Salary in greece are the lowest in Europe, also dividing it procapita (11M vs 10M) it does not change
It’s time to remove Hungary from Europe.
Oh so that’s why people keep saying Poland is so great now… and then they say it’s because of the lack of immigrants
The west paying for the east ..
Can you clarify what does the asterisk (*) means here?
Given Germany and Poland’s past, this is beautiful
So the EU is functionally a reparations program for WWII and the Cold War? Sounds about right and seems fair. Poland does deserve the money.
What happened in Belgium? Am I missing something?
Yes, the countries with the largest populations are et the extrem end due to how math works.
However even adjusted for population the numbers would not tell the whole story.
Everyone gets more from being in the EU than they would be if they went alone.
That is why we are all in it.
It is also why Brexit was such a stupid idea.
Yeah, destroying polish economy like selling it and closing it so they will import more…
Also, nord stream would be great for eu XD
So why does the EU matter? Because it gives money from West to East or what’s the takeaway from that title and infographic?
How Germany does so well after two World wars is bonkers Kudos
How the hell is Belgium such a massive recipient?
Ignorant American here.. Is this guilt? If so, when is enough enough?
Eastern europe doing fuck all as usual.
So where is the beyond the budget part?
This is not Beyond the budget at all. This is exactly the budget, and it’s misleading for more than one reason:
– The contribution is not per capita
– Belgium is getting that much money to host the EU institutions, not mentioned anywhere
– Net exporter like Germany have a return in the form of having access to a giant market
This is exactly the kind of charts that are disingenuous because they miss a ton of context and then used in conjunction with “math is not an opinion”, “facts don’t care about your feelings”.