I think the reason is that the UK currently has the fastest growing economy among major EU economies. At the same time, other countries like France and Germany whose economies have stalled are having their contributions reduced. In 2008 the UK had its contribution reduced by the same mechanism. Should this have come as a surprise? Have other countries encountered similar situations in the past and did they react the same way?
Cameron: UK won't pay £1.7bn EU bill
If you scroll down you can find a list of "winners and losers". Apparently even Greece is being asked to increase its contribution (although the sum is comparatively small). Is it really to the point where Greece is in good enough shape to contribute more while Germany contributes less?
Cameron: UK won't pay £1.7bn EU bill
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David Cameron has angrily insisted the UK will not pay £1.7bn being demanded by the European Union. "If people think I am paying that bill on 1 December, they have another think coming," the prime minister said in Brussels. "It is not going to happen." But Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the demand should "not have come as a surprise" to the UK. He said it was made under a system agreed by all the member states and based on data provided by them. . . . Mr Cameron said he was "downright angry" and said the British public would find the "vast" sum "totally unacceptable". |
If you scroll down you can find a list of "winners and losers". Apparently even Greece is being asked to increase its contribution (although the sum is comparatively small). Is it really to the point where Greece is in good enough shape to contribute more while Germany contributes less?
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