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But the EU is not a government. It only does funding, almost nothing else. They are all administrators, members of committees, managers of members of committees
by seydor 4y ago
But the EU is not a government. It only does funding, almost nothing else. They are all administrators, members of committees, managers of members of committees and so on and forth. The EU won't put out the fire in your house or send you a doctor. What's the purpose of comparing it to sweden?
It is a different kind of organization, and there is no mechanism for EU citizens to assign blame to the EU politicians. Practical example: the EU handling of vaccines, with the EU leader still refusing to make public their messaging with Pfizer.
The 60000 people of the EU manages a 1 trillion budget. The budget for the 60000 people is 11 Billion/year. That's average spending 183333/person per year
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm https://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm
- sam_lowry_ 4y ago183_333 per head is a lot in Romania, but pretty much in line public administration spending in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and France where the bulk of the staff works. This is not just salaries, but cost, including building, services schools, pensions and god knows what. P.S. As I noted elsewhere, if you want to voice your concern about eurocrats' pay, start with Ombudsman office. They spend much more per head.