How cheap does the EU budget look like now? A region in Germany could fund the whole thing without feeling a dent on its budget. It’s time to start spending
BlueSparkNightSky on
**Ode to joy starts playing**
commiedus on
Ok, UK was important for balance against france and Germany. But why not just dissolv them into regions. And italy and span too
Sium4443 on
Top pays, bottom receives.
Which wouldn’t be bad but all top 3 got negative GDP growth in Q4 2024, Germany is in recession for the second consecutive year, Italian GDP has grown only for 0,5% in the whole year and France deficit is growing, isnt this the case to change something
Other_Video_4114 on
Now it looks like it would have been nice to keep on to the UK to boost the numbers with the US shaking down the EU right now for tariffs.
Bottle_Lobotomy on
Nice visualization.
Maj0r-DeCoverley on
It’s like an iceberg. The top may seem important, but its real mass is hidden
Vindve on
Well, when we see how much Greece debt crisis impacted the whole EU, I don’t want to imagine what happens if France doesn’t manage to get its deficit under control.
A lot of people take issue with GDP (PPP) and I understand why, because its misleading for poorer nations, but when most of Europe / Japan etc have HDIs higher than US states I think its more fair to use PPP (especially between developed nations). Especially since we’re comparing economic output.
In 2025, the EU has a (estimated) nominal GDP of 20.1 trillion and in PPP terms it is 29 trillion. If the UK were still a member, it would be 24 and 33 trillion, respectively.
defcry on
Apes together strong
SquareFroggo on
NL and Spain in one group, that won’t end well.
Meanwhile Italy is glad that the UK is out so that they can be in the top 3.
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Now compare that to the EU budget [https://www.europeanunionbudget.eu/](https://www.europeanunionbudget.eu/)
How cheap does the EU budget look like now? A region in Germany could fund the whole thing without feeling a dent on its budget. It’s time to start spending
**Ode to joy starts playing**
Ok, UK was important for balance against france and Germany. But why not just dissolv them into regions. And italy and span too
Top pays, bottom receives.
Which wouldn’t be bad but all top 3 got negative GDP growth in Q4 2024, Germany is in recession for the second consecutive year, Italian GDP has grown only for 0,5% in the whole year and France deficit is growing, isnt this the case to change something
Now it looks like it would have been nice to keep on to the UK to boost the numbers with the US shaking down the EU right now for tariffs.
Nice visualization.
It’s like an iceberg. The top may seem important, but its real mass is hidden
Well, when we see how much Greece debt crisis impacted the whole EU, I don’t want to imagine what happens if France doesn’t manage to get its deficit under control.
PER CAPITA
*proud, yet unintelligible swamp-based choking sounds*
Armenia joins and it’s 19.026T. big double you!
A lot of people take issue with GDP (PPP) and I understand why, because its misleading for poorer nations, but when most of Europe / Japan etc have HDIs higher than US states I think its more fair to use PPP (especially between developed nations). Especially since we’re comparing economic output.
In 2025, the EU has a (estimated) nominal GDP of 20.1 trillion and in PPP terms it is 29 trillion. If the UK were still a member, it would be 24 and 33 trillion, respectively.
Apes together strong
NL and Spain in one group, that won’t end well.
Meanwhile Italy is glad that the UK is out so that they can be in the top 3.
/jk