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EU regulations cost Poland 27,8 bilions euros so far


Rafal_1981  
29 Apr 2009 /  #1
EU regulations cost Poland 27,8 bilions euro's so far.

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lesser  4 | 1311  
29 Apr 2009 /  #2
The EU is a huge bureaucracy and the main loses are not because of their salaries but because catastrophic consequences of their decisions/regulations. Polish state have this sickness even without the EU, Brussels put this problem on the higher level. This is extremely hard task to change Poland itself, how about whole Europe?
joepilsudski  26 | 1387  
1 May 2009 /  #3
And how many Euros has Poland made by being part of the EU?
lesser  4 | 1311  
1 May 2009 /  #4
or lost... Transparency is a very weak side of the EU, however this is characteristic to every bureaucratic regime.
isthatu2  4 | 2692  
1 May 2009 /  #5
" EU regulations will cost the UK £356 billion by 2018 –that is £14,300 per household in Britain. According to Open Europe’s study, EU labour marketlaws alone already account for over 20 percent ofthe total cost of regulation in the UK," (same source as the above)

Hey,no winners here,and Im not even playing the "we are worse off than you "card :)
joepilsudski  26 | 1387  
2 May 2009 /  #6
The old European 'Common Market' was a good idea, a coalition dealing with trade issues...The EU is simply a Communist style bureaucracy that passes draconian laws that are impossible to read, lays heavy taxes on the members, and is just another hog trough for

individuals who are incapable of doing real work.
dannyboy  18 | 248  
3 May 2009 /  #7
or lost... Transparency is a very weak side of the EU, however this is characteristic to every bureaucratic regime.

canada-poland.com/files/EUStructuralFundsInfoForCompanies.pdf

Poland's National Convergence Strategy for 2007-2013. Under the current convergence
policy, 85.5 billion Euro has been earmarked for Poland; which includes 67.3 billion Euro from the EU budget - the remaining 18.2 billion will come from the Polish state budget


Complete non-issue in my opinion.
It is easy to take a very narrow view with a limited amount of information.

Poland has gained so much via EU Membership, its ridiculous to even consider Poland outside of the European Union.

Is there any viable alternative for Poland?
(FYI, I never met a Polish person in my entire life before November 11 2004, much less heard their language)

If Poland were a net contributor rather than a benefactor, such as Germany or Sweden, there may be an issue for debate. People who consider Ireland or Poland outside of the European Union have failed to ever give a solid rational reason why this should occur.

Its true that there is a lot of bureaucracy in the EU, and not are not terribly efficient.
However, local governments are even more inefficient.
I would be in favour of reform, equally I am certain that any country planning a future outside of the EU, without a valuable natural resource such as oil, may as well go join Iceland and prepare for catastrophe.

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