EU Budget: Poland Among Main Beneficiaries

Politics ♦ Published: February 8, 2013; 22:49 ♦ (Vindobona)

Although the EU budget was cut, Poland will receive more EU-funds than in the current period.

EU Budget: Poland Among Main Beneficiaries / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Today, the heads of government could agree on a new EU budget for the period from 2014 to 2020. As Germany, the U.K. and the Netherlands put pressure on Brussels, the size of the EU budget shrinks to € 960bn. This was the first reduction in the EU´s history.

Poland´s government members are highly satisfied with the compromise. In total, Poland will receive more than € 106bn…