Actually Germany is contributing a lot of what are essentially transfers to the east and as the big standout among the EU 'net payer' countries (net payer as in

Actually Germany is contributing a lot of what are essentially transfers to the east and as the big standout among the EU 'net payer' countries (net payer as in 'pahs more than comes back' - looking just at contributions rather than the net doesn't make sense) in that it volunteered to pay more to keep the budget/benefits for eastern europe the same size after Brexit.