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£100 billion and counting: What Britain has paid to Brussels in the last 40 years
Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 07:42 EST, 13 December 2012 | Matt Chorley

Posted on 12/13/2012 5:36:26 AM PST by Olog-hai

Britain’s membership of the European Union has cost taxpayers almost £100 billion since its formation. As David Cameron travels to Brussels today for another EU summit, it emerged that from 1973 to this year, Britain has paid £97 billion ($156 billion) in net payments. …

Cameron is due to attend talks today aimed are establishing a single banking watchdog for Eurozone countries. … But the move is being seen as a significant step towards a European super state. … It means national governments will no longer have oversight of their banks. …

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: eurobanking; eussr

1 posted on 12/13/2012 5:36:30 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, but look at what they got for the money!


2 posted on 12/13/2012 6:18:44 AM PST by HChampagne
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To: HChampagne
Yes, but look at what they got for the money!

:-)

3 posted on 12/13/2012 6:50:37 AM PST by expat1000
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