Short, readable article lays out the winners and losers of the great EU contributions game.
Holland tops EU paymasters list
BBC News
22 September 2005
EU cash flow figures for 2004 show ... the biggest net contributions ... came from, in order, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and France. But when these net contributions are expressed as a proportion of the countries' national incomes, the Netherlands came first, followed by Sweden, Germany, the UK, Italy, France and Austria.
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The biggest net recipients were Spain, Greece, Portugal, Ireland and Poland, while the countries with the biggest net receipts as a proportion of national income were Luxembourg, Greece, Portugal, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
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