My understanding is that citizens pays their government, and the governments in turn use (some of) that money to pay for the functioning of Europe (generally ap

My understanding is that citizens pays their government, and the governments in turn use (some of) that money to pay for the functioning of Europe (generally approx 1% of it's GNP). The European budget is mostly an "investment budget", and represents 2% of public spending in Europe. For 2019, Europe operated with a budget of 165 G$ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_the_European_Union