> Europe is redistributing enormous amount of money from rich to poor countries within EU Yes, they are, but it's a political hot potato, arguably without mand

> Europe is redistributing enormous amount of money from rich to poor countries within EU Yes, they are, but it's a political hot potato, arguably without mandate, and I doubt that it's on the scale of national regional development funds. Don't get me wrong, I am pro Europe, but I think politicians have done an abysmal job of explaining the project to voters (esp in the UK).