The 10 new EU potential candidate countries lining up for the billions

Part III on how the British people have dodged huge costs by exiting the EU

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The British people have been funding non-EU countries for years, but were never told

In this series (which started here) we are looking at the EU’s plans to enlarge its empire to take it up to 37 countries. As we explained in Part II the enlargement involves massive sums being paid each year by the small number of richer EU countries, to subsidise the new members.

When the UK was a member of the European Union it contributed to what is known as the EU’s ‘Pre-Accession Funds’ which are paid to candidate countries years before they join. Thanks to Brexit the UK is now only marginally liable for this, but due to Theresa May’s disastrous ‘Divorce Bill’ which she agreed with the EU we are still paying for some of this.

A Brexit Facts4EU.Org Series

Part I – EU celebrates 20 years of the British paying for its expansion
Part II - Which countries pay for the EU and which take?
Part III – The 10 new EU candidate countries lining up for the billions (This report)

The EU’s current candidate and potential candidate countries

Below is the EU’s current list for potential new members:-

Albania
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia
Moldova
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Türkiye
Ukraine
Kosovo

The massive wealth transference to wannabe EU member countries

The EU has something known as the ‘Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance’ (IPA). In effect this is a fund which the EU’s net contributor countries must pay into and which pays out billions for all manner of projects in countries lining up to be EU members.

While the UK was an EU member it contributed billions to poorer countries to improve their citizens’ lives. None of this money ever improved the lives of British citizens. It did the reverse, by reducing the UK Government’s budget for infrastructure projects at home.

Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary

The EU’s ‘Pre-Accession’ funding for prospective new members

Below are the last two budgets the British people paid into, and the new budget which the British people have escaped thanks to Brexit.

2007-2013 : €11.5bn
2014-2020 : €12.9bn
2021-2027 : €14.8bn

[Source : EU Commission, 09 May 2024.]

How much has all this cost the British people?

At a very conservative estimate of the UK contributing 12.5%, (we believe it is more), then the British people paid €3 billion (approx £2.6bn GBP) between 2007 and 2020. What we don’t know is how much more the British are paying for all of this as a result of Theresa May’s disastrous ‘Divorce Bill’, which included ‘future commitments’. This could well include the period 2021-2027.

In all of this it should be noted that these figures do not include all the billions the UK paid to the EU for its ‘off-budget’ funds, such as the €6bn paid to Turkey for an ineffective attempt to stem the flow of migrants, nor the €30 billion paid to Africa under a separate fund.

Conveniently His Majesty’s Treasury never included these transfers in their calculations of the UK’s “net contributions” to the EU.

Here is what the EU says about these massive IPA funds

“IPA is a unique programme that supports IPA beneficiaries in their ambitious political and economic reforms and in their progressive alignment with the European Union's rules, standards, policies and practices on their path towards EU membership.
It fosters reforms in candidate and potential candidate countries through a combination of financial assistance and policy dialogue, preparing them for the rights and obligations that come with EU membership.”

Observations

The wealth transference above can probably be described as a bribe to poorer countries in Europe to join the EU’s empire.

At what point were the British people ever asked if they wanted to pay for the EU to expand itself? This has been going on for years and in some cases (e.g. Turkey) there is no immediate prospect of them ever becoming members.

The projects being funded in these countries, partly using the British people’s cash, have always been attributed to the EU Commission which claims credit wherever it can. The citizens of these countries have at no point ever been made aware that any of these projects were down to the generosity of the British.

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Reader Comments 8

1. Sparky , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 07:07:

The Leave Campaign continues.
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Interesting piece but Turkey is not about to join the EU. That was NF’s lie in weeks before the referendum.
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Interesting piece by Dr Stephanie Luke, “Do EU member states want the UK back?”. Within this she points out that UK support for rejoining the EU is at 49% with 35% against and has been at that level since 2022, but there is no political will to reopen the Brexit argument. She also points out that since the referendum calls for other countries to leave the EU have gone quiet.

2. Gazzablack , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 08:10:

1 sparkless
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And yet Turkey remains on the official list of candidate countries, and the EU continues to throw money at it, purportedly to facilitate it's accession.
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Did the erstwhile doctor ask the question "Would you still want to rejoin if it meant the UK adopting the Euro"?I
Because on every poll that has been held, the enthusiasm for rejoining evaporates on the prospect of of adopting the Euro.

3. Ashley Great Britain , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 08:55:

It's quite clear that the Eu's master plan is to transfer vast numbers of people to richer countries in Europe.
They hope that richer countries will bring up the poorer countries and areas over decades and lead to a balanced group of nations with similar economies.
Ultimately its to dilute the nation state and patriotism so that all individuals are easier to control and manage. No one will care about where they belong and countries will cease to exist.
This is a long process with some countries declining while others improve. It does of course include alot of hardship on the richer nations. That we can see here in the UK too. They think if they do it slowly enough no one will notice and it will balance out.
In reality many of the people on the move will not contribute to the destination country and will further the overall decline.
Not to mention resentment, violence and the class of different cultures.
It's all doomed from the start as humans, And particularly Europeans have lived for millenia with extremely strong tribal and patriotic instincts.

4. Sparky , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 09:05:

2 G. Ive said before, the Uk will not be rejoining any time soon because of adopting the euro, no rebate, toxic issue. I do believe the Uk will but in about 20 years or more. Interesting that Sir John Curtice suggested we will have another ref before 2040. We had a good deal and threw it away based on the word a proven liar who deceived the public into following him.
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Another blow to the Cons, MP's are moving to Labour in increasing numbers and now Nadhim Zahawi has announced he won't stand at next GE. The Cons will be rueing the day they decided to hold the referendum and didn't think it through further, it was only held to try to protect the Cons Party. It gave the bleating Eurosceptics the opportunity to take over the party.

5. NH , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 09:53:

An EU report estimated the cost of enlargement would be 256 Billion Euros. They do not have any accepted plan on how to pay for this. As EU members are constantly arguing about funding changes and the plans would require vast changes to the CAP I can not see anything happening for a very long time. It seems that the accession payments just give the EU control of these countries which is what really drives them.
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1. Sparky, "Dr Stephanie Luke, “Do EU member states want the UK back?"
As usual you are quoting a remainer (University Lecturer) who's only source of data is a poll from a remainer organisation. You maybe ridiculous enough to believe this simplistic nonsense which is a common psychological marketing technique to make it look like we are losing out on something valuable. The EU may not want the UK back but they very definitely want our funding back, without it they have big problems for the future.
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1. Sparky, "since the referendum calls for other countries to leave the EU have gone quiet."
The countries that have been most Euroskeptic have received more EU funding, mostly payed for by debt. Italy voted for an Euroskeptic Government and then they became the largest recipient of RRF Funding by far. This is the third largest economy in the EU. What we have seen is that the EU has enormous control over media channels and corporations which seems to have resulted in a huge amount of biased and false news and reports in the UK and the EU.
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A recent global study which included15 EU countries has discovered a step decline in EU members satisfaction with democracy. Only 57% of EU citizens considered their home countries to be democratic and a majority of citizens in France, Greece and Hungary no longer believe they live in a free democracy.

6. NH , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 10:06:

4. Sparky, "The Cons will be rueing the day they decided to hold the referendum"
Your living in you own fantasy world !
"Get Brexit Done" gave the conservatives the largest majority for over 30 years, when we had another Euroscetic PM. The Conservatives then abandoned Brexit and adopting Labour Party policies. Now they are paying the price!

7. terence patrick hewett , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 11:27:

The real fun will start when the EU is taken over by the "Far Right," and in Europe the Right is very Far Right. For Tusk and Sefcovic it will be just like old times: but loony UK rejoiniacs won't know whether they are Arthur or Martha. But it will add to the gaiety of nations.

8. Gazzablack , Thursday, May 09, 2024, 14:51:

7, Terence
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And it's members are moving to the right.
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And not only among the current EU membership either.
The victory of the right wing VMRO-DPMNE party could complicate North Macedonia's aim to join the EU, and affect relations with neighbours Bulgaria and Greece.
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Bulgaria has blocked North Macedonia's EU bid, demanding it's constitution be amended to acknowledge the country's Bulgarian minority.

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