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    IN THE TIME IT TAKESTO READ THIS TITLETHE EUROPEAN UNION

    WILL HAVE SPENT

    £4,400OF BRITISHTAXPAYERS’ MONEY 

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    EU FISCAL FACTBOOK

    The TaxPayers’ Alliance

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    [email protected]

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    www.taxpayersalliance.com

    © 2013 Produced by the TaxPayers’ Alliance, October 2013

    Designed by www.nichecreativeservices.com

    Reforming taxes, cutting spending and protecting taxpayers

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    Britain’s contribution to the EU gets bigger every year.That means bigger tax bills for families across the countryand too much of the money is wasted. Brussels alsomakes life difficult for British businesses with draconianregulations. We deserve a better deal.

    This EU Fiscal Factbook provides a clear overview of the big

    picture: How much cash do we hand over every year?Where does it go? How bad is the situation in the Eurozone?Full references can be found at the back of the guide.

    The TPA will play a crucial role in the EU debate over the

    coming years so I hope you consider joining our growinggrassroots army. Voters want clear facts as we move towardsan EU Referendum, and this booklet will answer their

    questions.

    Matthew ElliottFounder, TaxPayers’ Alliance

    Chief Executive, Business for Britain

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    Cost of the EU

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    SOURCE: EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    UK gross and net contributions€ MILLION, 2011

    Gross contributions

    13,825Receipts

    6,570Net contributions

    7,255

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    GERMANY

    FRANCE

    ITALY

    UK

    SPAIN

    NETHERLANDS

    BELGIUM

    POLAND

    SWEDEN

    AUSTRIA

    DENMARK

    FINLAND

    GREECE

    PORTUGAL

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    IRELANDROMANIA

    HUNGARY

    SLOVAKIA

    SLOVENIA

    BULGARIA

    LITHUANIA

    LUXEMBOURG

    CYPRUS

    LATVIA

    ESTONIA

    MALTA

    0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000

    SOURCE: EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    EU gross contributions€ MILLION, 2011

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    0 5,000

    GERMANY

    UK

    ITALY

    FRANCE

    NETHERLANDS

    SWEDEN

    DENMARK

    AUSTRIA

    FINLAND

    CYPRUS

    MALTA

    IRELAND

    ESTONIA

    SLOVENIA

    BULGARIA

    LATVIASLOVAKIA

    LUXEMBOURG

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    LITHUANIA

    ROMANIA

    BELGIUM

    SPAIN

    PORTUGAL

    HUNGARY

    GREECE

    POLAND

    10,000-5,000-10,000

    SOURCE: EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    EU net contributions€ MILLION, 2011

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    How the EU spendsyour money

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    SOURCE: EUROPEAN COMMISSION

    EU Budget£ BILLION, 2013

    Redistribution topoorer countries

    £47.2 bn

    R&D, sustainableenergy, training

    £11.9 bn

    Citizenship, freedom,security and justice

    £1.5 bn

    Rural

    developmentand fisheries

    £11.9 bn

    Administration

    £8.4 bn

    Aid and accession

    £6.3 bn

    CommonAgricultural Policy

    £44 bn

    Total

    £132.8 bn

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    SOURCES: VARIOUS

    Examples of EU waste

    £15 million on the EU Parliamentarium

      £265,000 on cocktail partiesin just one year

    £17,500 on luxury gifts including Tiffany jewellery

    £160,000 on a fitness centre for dogsthat still hasn’t opened

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    SOURCES: OPEN EUROPE, COCA COLA

    Spending on advertising2008

    €2.4 billion

    €2.13 billion

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    Taxpayer-funded politics% OF ORGANISATION’S BUDGETS PAID FOR FROM EU FUNDING, 2011

    Friends of

    the Earth

    Europe

    European

    Environmental

    Bureau

    CEE

    Bankwatch

    Network

    WWF

    European

    Policy Office

    Birdlife

    Europe

    Naturefriends

    Climate

    ActionNetwork

    Europe

    Health and

    Environment

    Alliance

    European

    Federation forTransport and

    Environment

    EU GRANT OF

    € 1,195,259EU GRANT OF

    € 894,000EU GRANT OF

    € 836,238

    SOURCE: INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

    EU GRANT OF

    €599,594EU GRANT OF

    €365,735EU GRANT OF

    € 362,992

    EU GRANT OF

    €332,163EU GRANT OF

    €295,022EU GRANT OF

    € 275,516

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    SOURCE: BRUSSELSSTRASBOURG SEAT STUDY GROUP

    Cost of travelling to Strasbourg2011

    Travelling between the two seats ofthe EU parliament in Brussels and

    Strasbourg costs an estimated£150 million a year

    here...

    ..to here

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    Embassies

    The EU has 140 embassiesaround the world, with

    44 diplomats in Barbados

    SOURCE: SPECTATOR

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    The cost of EU regulation

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    The cost of EU regulation

    SOURCE: OPEN EUROPE

    Since 1998, regulation introducedin the UK has cost the economy£176 billion 

    Of this £124 billionor 71% had its origin in the EU

    Equivalent to £5,000for every household in the UK

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    The cost of the CAP and CFPANNUAL COST, UK

    COMMON AGRICULTURALPOLICY  

    £10.3 billion 

    COMMON FISHERIES POLICY£2.81 billion

    SOURCE: TPA

    Equivalent to £584for every household in the UK

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    Seven figure CAP subsidies to UK

    landowners 2011

    SOURCE: BBC

    889 landowners received more than£250,000 

    Of those, 133 were given more than

    £500,000 and

    47 of those were given more than

    £1 million in subsidy

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    CFP discardsANNUAL COST

    Economic value ofUK dumped fish

    £130 million

    SOURCE: TPA

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    The cost of the ETS

    SOURCE: TPA

    €93 billion

    Just three years after it was launchedthe Emissions Trading Scheme cost

    consumers across Europe as much as

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    Annual cost of labour regulations

    SOURCE: OPEN EUROPE

    Working Time Directive

    £2.6 billionTemporary Agency Workers Directive

    £2 billionHalving the cost of regulations like thesecould boost UK GDP by £4.3 billion andcreate 60,000 new jobs

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    2020

    The EU as a tradingpartner

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    Exports to the EUEXPORTS TO EU COUNTRIES AS A SHARE OF TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS, 2012%

    MALTA

    GREECE

    CYPRUS

    UNITED KINGDOM

    FINLAND

    SWEDEN

    ITALY

    IRELAND

    GERMANY

    ESTONIA

    DENMARK

    LITHUANIA

    FRANCE

    BULGARIA

    SPAIN

    AUSTRIA

    SLOVENIA

    ROMANIA

    LATVIA

    BELGIUM

    PORTUGAL

    NETHERLANDS

    HUNGARY

    POLAND

    LUXEMBOURG

    CZECH REPUBLIC

    SLOVAKIA

    0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90

    SOURCE: WTO

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    Tariffs on imports to the EUEU TARIFFS, SELECTED EXAMPLES

    SOURCE: WTO

    Poverty re-enforcing tariffsThe EU imposes a 1% tariff on raw cocoa but 30% on chocolate,

    discouraging processing in Africa and exacerbating poverty

    ...marmalade......bicycles......wellington boots...on honey...

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    Free Trade AgreementsPROPORTION OF GROSS WORLD PRODUCT COVERED BY FTAs

    SOURCES: UN

    FREE TRADE

    NOT FREE TRADE

    EU

    SWITZERLAND

    33%

    67%

    70%

    30%

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    The state of theEU economy

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    State spending as a proportion of GDP% GDP, 2012

    SOURCE: EUROSTAT, HERITAGE

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    EU average

    China

    EU average 46.5%China 23.6%

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    Estonia

    Bulgaria

    LuxembourgRomania

    Sweden

    Lithuania

    Latvia

    Denmark

    Czech Republic

    Slovakia

    Finland

    Slovenia

    Poland

    Netherlands

    Malta

    Austria

    Hungary

    Germany

    Spain

    European Union (27 countries)

    Cyprus

    United KingdomFrance

    Belgium

    Ireland

    Portugal

    Italy

    Greece

    -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

    NET BORROWING, % GDP

    0 20 40 60 80 100

    GENERAL GOVERNMENT DEBT, % GDP

    120 140 160

    27

    Debts and deficits2012

    SOURCE: EUROSTAT

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    Ireland

    Greece

    Spain

    Italy

    Portugal

    UK

    Youth unemployment YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, SELEC TED COUNTRIES

    SOURCE: EUROSTAT

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    For further details and a full list of sources, please visit

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    Financial support for the EU Fiscal Factbook was provided by

    the Politics and Economics Research Trust

    (charity number 1121849)

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