“No area can be exempt,” an official in Berlin said ahead of the visit, arguing that net contributor states – those who put more into the Brussels coffers than they get out – already finance roughly three quarters of the EU budget.
“No area can be exempt,” an official in Berlin said ahead of the visit, arguing that net contributor states – those who put more into the Brussels coffers than they get out – already finance roughly three quarters of the EU budget.
He’s certainly pushing the EU to find other sources of income! I hope it works
No, he’s saying that the EU budget should be lowered, and that poorer EU nations should contribute a larger share of the budget.