Talk:Budget of the European Union
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Member State contributions table
Why does the table showing contributions from member states not match the numbers displayed on the EU Budget report found on the Europa website. The Expenditure figures are identical to those shown on the report, but all contributions show a difference.
EU budget for 2006 and previous years found here -
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/publications/fin_reports/fin_report_06_en.pdf page 33 and 63.
How was the "total contribution" figures calculated and where did they come from?
- It was originally posted on the page European Union statistics. I added the expenditure figures to an existing table, then copied it here where it belongs. I have no idea where the older figures came from. However, the EU seems to amend figures retrospectively each year, so small discrepancies may be due to comparing current and older estimates of the budgets. Sandpiper (talk) 21:29, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
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- And why was there no column for net contributions? And why is the last column misdescribed as "% of total EU budget" when it is in fact (if the numbers are correct) "% of total EU expenditure"? And the whole thing is out-of-date. We need a breakdown of whither and whence for 2007-2013.
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- Full marks, though, for including administrative bungs in the "expenditure" columns. It should be more widely known that the world's richest country (Luxembourg) is one of the greatest net recipients of EU largesse.
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- A new table is needed. I started amending this one but a snapshot of 2006 is not very useful. What we need is a resortable by-country tabulation of the 2007-2013 budget. I might have a stab at it this weekend. Then again, I might not. (But it *is* needed, so if someone else wants to give it a go ...) ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vinny Burgoo (talk • contribs) 18:40, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wrong title?
Surely the budget of the European Union is the sum of the budgets of all its members. But this article is about the Budget of the European Union institutions. It seems to me that this is waht should be the title of the article. Comments? --Red King (talk) 01:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
European Union is not all countries of europe. EU is Organization with own budget.213.164.125.109 (talk) 19:36, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
- The European Union certainly is all countries that are members of it. That's what its name says - it is the Union of European States, in other words. The Parliament, Commission etc are not the Union, any more than the national parliaments and civil-services are the nations. It seems to me that "Budget of the adminstration of the European Union" would be a more accurate title. --Red King (talk) 22:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] What about fines?
The EU levies huge fines, like the one on microsoft, and the ones on the member states such as france and greece. Where does this money go in the budget? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.157.136.194 (talk) 11:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
