EXPANSIONIST COMMISSION IN CASH GRAB FROM EU27
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EU Commission
COMMISSION UNVEILS SPEND & TAX GRAB FOR A SMALLER EU
18% HIKE IN BUDGET FOR AN EU OF 13% FEWER PEOPLE
(THIS IS WHAT REMOANER MPs & PEERS WANT YOU TO REMAIN IN)
Every 7 years the EU sets a budget for itself. We are currently in the budget
period for 2014-2020 and the next budget, or “Multi-annual Financial Framework”
(MFF), will start the day after the UK’s “Transition Period” supposedly ends, on 01
Jan 2021.
RELEVANCE FOR BREXIT – WHY CARE IF WE WILL HAVE LEFT BY THEN?
Here's why:-
- EU is demanding huge Brexit bill – new budget explains why they’re desperate for money
- Mrs May has already said she wants to continue paying for programmes post-Brexit
- These will now be much more expensive
- New EU spending proves our (& others’) warnings, eg a federalist EU with EU army, new EU taxes etc
- Remoaner MPs & peers must explain if this is the EU they want to remain in
Brexit Facts4EU.Org
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE EU YESTERDAY? (WHAT THE BBC ISN'T TELLING YOU)
Yesterday was a big day for the Brussels eurocratic elites. It was the day they
presented their grandiose new budget proposals lasting until 2027 – what they
propose to spend EU taxpayers’ money on and how they propose to take it.
TOTAL: € 1,279,408,000,000
( €1.28 TRILLION )
AN INCREASE OF 17.7%
“It is an honest response to today's reality in which Europe is expected to play a
greater role in providing security and stability in an unstable world, at a time
when Brexit will leave a sizeable gap in the EU budget.”
- EU Commission, 02 May 2018
The EU budget is enormous and it’s hugely complicated. In this article Brexit
Facts4EU.Org can only aim to give you the highlights of the key information you
really need to know. In further articles we will look at various areas in more
detail, where we consider they are relevant to Brexit.
BREXIT FACTS4EU.ORG SUMMARY
SOME KEY FACTS FROM THE NEW BUDGET PROPOSALS
SOME KEY FACTS FROM THE NEW BUDGET PROPOSALS
- New EU standard Corporation Tax of 3% in addition to tax rates of member states
- Huge increases in migration costs, youth programmes, security & defence
- New EU defence budget of up to €31 billion
- €10.5bn of this is a new off-the-books “European Peace Facility”
- Migration costs rocket to €35 billion, plus extra costs included in other budget lines
- New EU tax on plastic packaging
- New 20% EU tax on carbon emissions
- Member states’ income from customs tariffs on imported goods to be halved
- Farmers' subsidies via CAP to be cut
- All rebates (such as UK’s annual budget rebate) to be eliminated
- New MFF: €1.28 trillion (previously €1.09 trillion)
- This is an increase of 17.7% at current prices
- Equivalent to 1.11% of the EU27's gross national income (prev: 1%)
© Facts4EU.Org 2018
- Finally, no money if states (eg Poland, Hungary etc) don’t follow EU rules
- States must continue to fund all existing EU in-country programmes from their own budgets
SOME SPENDING AREAS WITH BIGGEST INCREASES:
- Migration & Borders – 2.6 times bigger
- Youth – 2.2 times bigger
- Security – 1.8 times bigger
- Climate & Environment – 1.7 times bigger
- Research, Innovation & Digital – 1.6 times bigger
- External Action (includes Africa subsidies for migration prevention) – 1.3 times bigger
WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL NOW?
The MFF Regulation follows a special legislative procedure set out in Article 312
of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Council will adopt the
MFF Regulation by unanimity, after receiving the consent of the European
Parliament. Under this consent procedure, the Parliament, voting with absolute
majority, can approve or reject the Council's position, but cannot amend it. With
only a few exceptions, the sector-specific legislation is adopted under the
ordinary legislative procedure where Council and Parliament decide jointly, on an
equal footing.
Finally, changing the EU's overall financing system (the Own Resources Decision)
requires unanimity of Member States and ratification by national parliaments.
© Facts4EU.Org 2018
OBSERVATIONS
Over the years we have uncovered many surprising stories about the EU, some of
which have been breathtaking in our view. It therefore takes a lot to shock us
when it comes to the EU’s behaviour.
This new budget proposal from the EU Commission ranks right up there in the
‘shock stakes’ and is one of the most astonishing of all stories we have worked
on. In the article above we have barely scratched the surface with the amazing
developments contained within the thousands of pages released by the EU
yesterday.
We have tried to summarise some of the major facts we thought you would want to
know, without boring you with too many statistics and figures at one go. In
coming articles we will focus on a few areas which will be of particular interest
to our main Brexiteer readership.
For now we will make a couple of serious points. When you watch the BBC’s reports
on this – assuming they actually cover this – please just remember that this is a
massive story with elements which blow out of the water many of the claims from
those in the Commons and the House of Lords that we should stay in this
dysfunctional mess.
As we conclude this piece (at 5.30am), there is nothing on the BBC’s UK news
about this new budget, despite all its ramifications. Nor is there anything on
the ‘Europe’ section of its site. You might want to ask them why not?
Our second point is just to draw your attention to the new 3% EU corporation tax
which is proposed, on top of each country’s own corporate tax rates. Perhaps
someone might like to ask the CBI if they still think the EU is so lovable?
Our resources are extremely limited due to lack of money, but in the coming days
we will do our best to bring you a devastating indictment of the EU’s plans to
spend tens of billions on its own military arrangements, despite Nick Clegg
having told us that the EU had no such aspirations and that the idea of an EU
military that we have continually warned abaout was “a dangerous fantasy”.
We will also look at other astonishing parts of the documents released by the EU
yesterday. There are so many it’s almost impossible to know where to start. One
thing we can guarantee you – no-one else will bring you readable pieces based on
such in-depth research.
If you can help us out with a donation to do this work, we really need it. It
will be worth it, we assure you!
[ Sources: EU Commission ] Journalists
and politicians can contact us for the full list of links, as usual.
06.30am, 03 May 2018
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READERS' COMMENTS
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Name: Brexiteer, Braintree,
Essex Date/Time: 03 May
2018, 2.19pm
Message: Perhaps one of the vocal remainers Clarke or Morgan would like
to comment on this new EU budget. Perhaps they could tell us what advantage there
is in the UK remaining in their glorious EU. More importantly what they think we
are missing out on. There is nothing remotely of any benefit to the UK taxpayers
in that proposed seven year programme, other than they would be paying more
taxes. Keeping less and less of their own money and getting more and more
regulation and restrictions on their freedoms and liberty.
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