Will the EU Ever Reform?

Will the EU Ever Reform?

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Will the EU Ever Reform? If the risk of the UK leaving the EU isn’t a good reason to at least offer to talk about EU reform! What the hell will it take?

Consider these facts indicating just how important UK membership is to the EU project:

  • The UK is the 5th largest economy on the planet.
  • 2nd largest European economy.
  • 2nd largest EU net contributor to the EU budget, only Germany contributes more.
  • In GDP terms the UK economy is the same size as the 18 smallest EU economies.

Below is all 28 EU member states, the UK economy is equal to these 18 EU countries economies: Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic, Romania, Portugal, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus and Malta.

RankCountry2018 GDP $
1stGermany4,029.140
2ndUnited Kingdom2,808.899
3rdFrance2,794.696
4thItaly2,086.911
5thSpain1,437.047
6thNetherlands909.887
7thSweden554.659
8thPoland549.478
9thBelgium536.055
10thAustria459.401
11thIreland366.448
12thDenmark354.683
13thFinland276.553
14thCzech Republic244.540
15thRomania239.440
16thPortugal237.962
17thGreece218.057
18thHungary156.393
19thSlovakia106.940
20thLuxembourg68.993
21stBulgaria63.651
22ndCroatia59.971
23rdSlovenia54.969
24thLithuania52.468
25thLatvia34.286
26thEstonia29.527
27thCyprus23,963
28thMalta14.873

This put me on a path to do far more detailed research and I wasn’t happy with what I found.

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