> Would Germans still love the EU so much after they realize they're paying twice as much into the EU as the next country? Germans took up way more monetary re

> Would Germans still love the EU so much after they realize they're paying twice as much into the EU as the next country? Germans took up way more monetary responsibility during Corona. E.g. they took various patients from Netherlands and paid for the care themself. Same with the financial crisis that was a result of Corona, Germany was happy to help out other countries. Now if you look at what Netherlands gains out of the EU (so what the EU is worth to NL) it is about 7 to 8 times the net payment. Limiting the net amount paid is good, but the focus on net payment without looking at what you get is quite short sighted. See e.g. UK where just paying the custom agents will cost an equivalent as the EU payments.