The UK is different to the EU27 – new official EU study

Analysis of new EU data for 2018 shows how EU27 and UK economies differ

On average, EU27 countries’ industrial sectors have 1.5 times the importance of the UK’s

Brexit Facts4EU.Org has analysed the latest report released yesterday from the EU’s official statistics agency on the economies of the EU28 countries. Delving into the data, the results show why the EU’s interests and the UK’s national interests do not align.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

Simple measure of the split in economic activity – EU27 vs UK in 2018

The EU divides each country’s economy into 10 sectors
‘Industry’ is No.1 for the EU27, but it only comes in third for the UK
On average the EU27’s industrial sectors have 1.5 times the importance of the UK’s
The UK is above average for six out of the ten sectors
Biggest disparity is in agriculture, fishing and forestry, where the EU27’s sector is 2.5 times as important

The rankings for the EU27, by proportion of the economy

The rankings for the United Kingdom, by proportion of the economy

Share of public administration and activities is highest in France, Belgium and Denmark

"Public administration, defence, education, human health and social work activities" was the main economic activity in five EU countries: France (22.4%), Denmark, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands.

Observations

Brexit Facts4EU.Org has previously published numerous reports showing the huge disparity between member countries of the EU. We have done so to help to explain why the UK does so badly out of its EU membership compared to other countries.

We have also wished to highlight to Remainer MPs – most of whom have little knowledge of the EU – that the UK is a dominant member and should not have taken ‘supplicant status’ in the Brexit negotiations. When a country the size of Kirklees in West Yorkshire can have a voting weight equivalent to that of the United Kingdom, something is wrong.

The analysis we have shown above comes from EU data released only yesterday. In this case we have only taken the average of all the EU27 countries and compared the ratios to the United Kingdom. Naturally this masks some massive disparities between individual countries and the UK, but it nevertheless shows how the UK differs from so many of the EU27 countries.

In particular the fact that industry has a markedly less importance to the UK economy than to the average EU27 economy is illuminating.

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[ Sources: Official EU Eurostat report and data ] Politicians and journalists can contact us for details, as ever.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org, 29 Oct 2019

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Reader Comments 11

1. Chris Earle , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 08:19:

Good to read some real facts about the EU.

2. Concerned , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 09:37:

Yes indeed this is the only place one can go to regularly see facts published, and for that we are most grateful. When you see the bile printed by the left one can appreciate that this website like others such as UK Column have a struggle to survive. It is very important to keep subscribing to such websites so that the truth remains out there and cannot be ignored.
Having said that politicians have been doing exactly that for 3.5 years and they still have not had the guts to exit the EU as per the referendum of 2016. That says a lot about the treachery in the Westminster bubble.

3. Concerned , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 10:46:

Seen in the Express this morning "Dominic Grieve and rebel Tories write to EU demanding EIGHT-MONTH Brexit delay" - I hope this is fake news. With people like this in Westminster we don't need enemies outside the country.

4. andy from warwickshire , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:33:

THE GE looks likely to happen.
Brexit Party for me.
The sitting Tory MP is a Remainer in my constituency who has backed the terrible deals "negotiated" [lol] by his Government.
ALL the parties will have a shock, come election night.

5. kzb , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:46:

Is anyone actually pleased that Industry is so unimportant in Britain today? I bet most Leave voters don't like this at all, I certainly don't.
The Leave vote was a protest about the way things were going, and one of the grievances was this loss of industry, and proper jobs that go with it.

6. kzb , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 11:55:

On another topic, what about C4 Dispatches last night?
Apparently, the US Trade Deal will insist we buy the branded US pharmaceuticals and not the cheaper generic versions from elsewhere. This will add £27 billion p.a. to the NHS drugs bill.
I was a bit surprised about this, believing that greater competition should reduce prices not increase them. But not according to Channel 4.
This would be a good topic for Facts4EU to investigate. Perhaps they could concretely prove some real bias in C4 programmes. Will the US Trade Deal result in increased drugs prices for the NHS?

7. Steven , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 13:49:

No one with even the slightest patriotic bone in their body should vote for the CON Party which dumped genuine conservatism a long time ago and has now dumped unionism as well. This evil and repellent left-liberal globalist Party has negotiated such a terrible deal that if it passes after a Tory ‘victory’ at the polls on a CLEAR MINORITY VOTING SHARE will shove a part of OUR country of the United Kingdom into an ‘economic United Ireland’ thereby making it a virtual certainty NI will be amalgamated into the Republic and then the the break-up of the rest of the United Kingdom will begin in earnest.
The anti-British CON Party MUST NOT WIN.

8. Concerned , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 15:02:

For once I agree completely with you comment 7, Steven. I hope the Brexit party wipes the floor with the three crappy 'mainstream' parties.

9. James Bertram , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 15:15:

Steve, coincidentally I've just fired off a missive to the Brexit Party to tell them exactly that - and that we must not in any way have a pact with the treacherous Tories that in any way lends support to the Johnson Surrender Treaty. If they want a pact then it is up to the Tories to blink first, and drop their stupid Treaty for a No Deal Brexit. I would rather vote Labour than vote for Johnson's WAB
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This may go some way to demonstrate the strength of our hand:
https://www.express.co.uk/n...
The Express.co.uk poll, which ran from 1.30pm until 10.30pm on Sunday October 27 and saw 16,397 votes cast, overwhelmingly shows support for a no deal departure on Thursday.
The poll asked: “Should the UK walk away on October 31 without a deal?”
A massive 93.3 percent (15,298 readers) voted in favour of doing so, as the clock ticks down to Briton’s proposed departure from the bloc.

10. Concerned , Tuesday, October 29, 2019, 16:39:

Parliament is oh so predictable. Today the motion for the election. Of course Bercow allows the motion for additional amendments.... everything he does in my view is in conjunction with remainers and the EU. Dominic Grieve and rebel Tories write to EU demanding EIGHT-MONTH Brexit delay..... you have to question the sanity of these people.
Roll on the GE, and I hope and pray all these losers lose their seats for whatever party they 'currently represent'.

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