I agree we had a reasonably good deal - but the net contributions weren't massively different from other large nations (France, Germany, Italy) [1]. In my view

I agree we had a reasonably good deal - but the net contributions weren't massively different from other large nations (France, Germany, Italy) [1]. In my view that's very different from leaching. > When I am renting an apartment, and I need to pay for something that needs repair, I do not ask for money back whenever I leave. There may be some assets that you have a right to claim a stake in, though. There are also some open bills. That is a matter of exit negotiations. I don't think anyone sensible would be suggesting the EU refund all the contributions made whilst we were members. As for negotiations, I wouldn't fancy being a horse in the near future. > By the way, who is paying for the financial burden that the negotiations themselves are going to put in the EU? I hope that is also a matter of negotiations, and since it is a UK decision to leave (which we respect), the UK must contribute specially to those costs. The EU itself devised the mechanism for leaving the EU so this should have probably been specified at the time - if it wasn't then it probably wasn't a great piece of legislation. > For you ... and for the EU. Yes, I only mentioned the UK as I imagine the EU isn't going to bend massively so it will be more a case of whether the UK wishes to agree to certain terms set out by the EU rather than crafting a UK-specific deal. Though I guess we'll find out. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/22/eu-budget-spending-contributions-european-union https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/nov/22/eu-bud...