British discount

As British discount becomes a regulation in that Financing that European union designated, those Great Britain a special status opposite other European Union members grants.

The agreement exists since 1984 and Great Britain confesses an anticipated payment of European Union contributions at a value of 4,6 Millarden euro annually too, there the there Agrarian industry is smaller than in other European Union states and Great Britain thus not equally from the farm subsidies to profit can as for instance France. France applies the largest part of this discount, while those The Netherlands, Sweden and Austria 1999 a shortening fought for.

The British discount became from the at that time Prime Minister minister Margaret Thatcher firstrode, with the lengthy negotiations their European colleagues with the simple formula "I want my money bake!" (German: "I want my money back!") set under pressure.

Due to problems in the future financing of the European Union in June 2005 increases voices of other member states loud, the one abolishment of the discount demand - a large advocate for this is z. B. the French president Jacques Chirac. To 14. June 2005 that struck of Luxembourg Advice presidency under Jean Claude Juncker freezing the British discount on the present conditions and a continuous dismantling starting from the year 2007 forwards, which the British government under Tony Blair however rejected. Of Great Britain prime minister agrees with restrictions only then, if the farm subsidies in the European Union, those approx.. 40 per cent of the total volume of the budget constitute, are gone back.

The portion of the European Union promotions for the agriculture in Great Britain is actually below average with 20 per cent. Other member countries spend up to 60 per cent on the agriculture. However today the economically fastened points the smallest portion of agricultural promotion Germany - still largest net payer of the European Union - with 12 per cent up.