On What Does The Eu Spend €58 Billion Each Year?

[Hymie]

If you are interested, have a listen to the latest edition of ‘The Now Show’

The complete programme is worth a listen – but if you are only interested in this, Rich Pappiatt starts at about 8 ½ minutes in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lk546

Although a satirical radio show, it is a very serious topic.

Although the UK government has said that the subsidies will continue post Brexit – it won’t be long before the government (and the general population) realise that they get nothing for this yearly €3 billion spend.

[Garaman]

Would that be the National Audit Office then, tonyav? If so, how is that different to the way the EU is audited?

[THECORBYLOON]

TTT, your link says, "According to the annual report of the European Court of Auditors, seen by The Telegraph, £5.5 billion of the EU budget last year was misspent because of controls on spending that were deemed to be only “partially effective” by experts.

The audit, published this morning, found that £109 billion out of a total of £117 billion spent by the EU in 2013 was "affected by material error”. Not the £100 billion that some may have thought, reading only the headline.

[tonyav]

Would that be the National Audit Office then, tonyav?


Is that what it was called pre common market ?.

I don't care how the EEC audit their books we won't be part of it soon.

[Garaman]

Well thanks for joining the thread, tonyav, valuable input.

[tonyav]

Your welcome, Garaman.

[Togo]

What the Remoaners are saying is, they are happy for the EUSSR to fiddle the books but not happy with the prospect of the UK fiddling the books then? Nice. :)) Haha.

[Togo]

Soooo there was an £8 billion black hole in 2013..... notice the date 2013.... published this morning? Wonder what it is by now.... perfectly acceptable though.......by the brainwashed acolytes of the EUSSR.

[Togo]

//Would that be the National Audit Office then, tonyav? If so, how is that different to the way the EU is audited?//

I would imagine the main difference to be that someone gets banged up if proven to have lied and submitted false accounts........ rather than getting a lifetime pension and rewards for all their immediate family and "friends". One man's cynic is another man's realist.

[THECORBYLOON]

TOGO, what £8 billion are you on about?

[Togo]

//The audit, published this morning, found that £109 billion out of a total of £117 billion spent by the EU in 2013 was "affected by material error”.//

I take that to mean that the other £8 billion is missing entirely, because every penny they spend is "affected by material error", and subject to bribery and corrupt practice.

[THECORBYLOON]

TOGO, the newspaper report TTT linked to was from November 2014, that's why it was about 2013 accounts. It also said there were errors affecting £5.5 billion and not the £8 billion you said.

[Garaman]

...and who pointed out those errors, would that be the non-existent (or depending who you read 'corrupt') auditors?

[Togo]

Oh dear, I said on a tandem thread that the once vaunted Liverpudlian sense of humour appeared to be suffering from a collective "Irony Deficiency". More confected "concern".

[Garaman]

Togo is right, there is irony in its proper sense in producing an auditors report that shows errors in accounting as proof that the books aren't audited.