According to the wikipedia, the nominal GDP of the EU for 2012 was
US$16.584 trillion or $16,584,000,000,000 with 1% being a mere
$165,840,000,000
That is a very large cost number to administer the administrators and
people of the individual EU countries !
If that is the equivalent of a single French ministry it is little
wonder that the French economy is going the way of that of Greece !
It is little wonder that there are some loud calls for one or more
countries to exit Mrs Merkel's club !
jh
On 2014-02-28 12:14 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Ahem,
>
> Let me just point out that the entire EU budget is 1% of GDP, and that the
> civil service at around 35,000 employees, is comparable to a single French
> ministry. Big government it is not.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> On 28 Feb 2014, at 11:49, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> And the budget, Philippe, neither of us has mentioned the budget or the
>> audit report . . .
>>
>> Oh well . . . but big government does have its benefits.
>>
>> Chris
>> On 28 Feb 2014, at 08:04, philippe.amard <philippe.amard@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> More seriously, what I find appalling is the lack of accountability/
>>> representation, etc. of the commission - at least the Parliament is
>>> elected ...
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