thats around 16 billion a year!
2007-01-05 06:05:19 · 5 answers · asked by Blink-Monkey-Blink 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Yes it IS !!!!!
By 2007 the combined direct and indirect costs of EU membership will cost Britain close to £100,000 per minute.
Since Britain joined the ‘European Economic Community’ in 1973, Parliamentarians have time and again called for a cost-benefit analysis to prove or disprove the benefits of membership; successive Conservative and Labour governments have consistently refused on the grounds that the benefits are ‘self-evident’.
Set out in the latest Bruges Group research by Gerard Batten MEP the full costs to Britain have now been calculated.
The facts:
Britain has given nearly £200 Billion to the EU since we joined
In 2007 UK taxpayers will be forced to pay £14.2 Billion to the EU
The EU costs every man, woman and child £873 per year
The EU is costing the British economy £50.6 Billion this year, by 2007 this will rise to £52.4 Billion!!!!
If the Government believes that membership of the EU is beneficial to Britain and that we should remain a member, then let it commission an independent and impartial cost/benefit analysis so that the supposed benefits can be proved and the findings openly debated.
The British people should be presented with the full facts and figures so that they can decide if this is what they want, and if the price is worth paying.!! Think of what could be done in this country with that money.!
2007-01-05 09:42:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I totally agree with Kallico, the EU is a mess and costs us a fortune. If people knew in the 70's when the referendum took place what we know now, I don't believe we would of ever joined
2007-01-05 17:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by Roaming free 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's actually less than £2 billion per year, but don't let the facts get in the way of a good story.
2007-01-05 14:18:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Money down the drain; the E.U. is a corrupt dinosaur bleeding our country dry and giving nothing in return, it is about time we cut ourselves off from this leech and once again became Great Britain!
2007-01-05 17:30:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes its REDICULOSE indeed
2007-01-05 14:07:30 · answer #5 · answered by C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋