“No area can be exempt,” an official in Berlin said ahead of the visit, arguing that net contributor states – those who put more into the Brussels coffers than they get out – already finance roughly three quarters of the EU budget.
“No area can be exempt,” an official in Berlin said ahead of the visit, arguing that net contributor states – those who put more into the Brussels coffers than they get out – already finance roughly three quarters of the EU budget.
Merz isn’t calling for the EU to have the right to directly tax its citizens.
He’s certainly pushing the EU to find other sources of income! I hope it works
No, he’s saying that the EU budget should be lowered, and that poorer EU nations should contribute a larger share of the budget.