EU funds, Italy has yet to use 12 billion euro – ANSA.it

They are the northern European countries to take charge of economic efforts more to support the EU.
In per capita terms, Italy is in eleventh place. Balance in debit / with Europe, between 2007 and 2013 every Italian has ‘paid’ 623 euro. It supports the CGIA Mestre, that Italy has used 35.4 billion euro of 47.3 made available by the Structural Funds. Therefore, we still have to use 12 billion euro.

Most of EUR 47.3 billion comes from Europe and is part of the programming for 2007-2013. The percentage of loans used up to now the total assessed contributions, which also includes the national co-financing, has reached 74.8%. “Not to lose 12 billion of EU and national funds – reports the secretary of Cgia Giuseppe Bortolussi – we will spend them and rendicontarli by the end of 2015, deadline that is unlikely the EU will extend. In light of the fact that in 2013 we Accounted 5.7 billion in 2014 and around 7.5, it seems difficult that in the few months that remain at the end of this year we will be able to spend and account for all this dozen billion “.

Processing Artisans of Mestre, however, continued analyzing the net financial contribution to the development of all EU countries. In 2007-2013, Italy, for example, has paid in Brussels of 109.7 billion Euros and has received, through the Community programs, 71.8. “In relation debit / credit with the EU – he concludes – in this seven year we recorded a negative balance of 37.8 billion euro. After Germany, the UK and France, we are the fourth net contributor to ensure the action Union. If, instead, we take as a reference the data per capita, are the Nordic countries lead the ranking, while Italy slipped to eleventh place, with an economic effort to resident of only 623 Euros ” .

Analyzing the absolute difference between the resources paid to the Union and those credited to each State of the EU between 2007 and 2013, the largest contributor is Germany, with 83.5 billion euro. Followed by the UK with 48.8 billion, France with 46.5 billion and Italy with 37.8. If, instead, we take for comparison the data per capita, the greatest supporter of the EU is Belgium, with 1,714 euro.

Immediately after we see the Netherlands (1,569 euro) , Denmark (1,346 euro), Sweden (EUR 1,195), Germany (1,034 euro), Luxembourg (997 euro), the United Kingdom (EUR 759), France (€ 707), Finland (689 EUR) , Austria (674 euro), Italy (€ 623) and Cyprus (197 euro). All 17 other countries, however, are net earners, or they got more than they paid in Brussels. A Spaniard, for example, received 355 euro, a Pole € 1,522, a Portuguese and a 2,100 euro 2,960 euro greek.