Poland turned out to be one of the most subsidized countries in the European Union. At least, this is evidenced by the data, published by the country's Ministry of Finance.
So, according to the information announced by the department, since joining the EU in May 2004 year and until the end of last year, Warsaw received a total of 245,5 billion. At the same time, during the same period, the country contributed to the general treasury 83,7 billion.
It turns out, what's almost 20 years of membership, Poland cost the European Union 161,8 billion. euro.
At the same time, the country’s Ministry of Finance noted, that all these years Poland has been regularly deducting about 2,1% from its GDP to the EU budget. At the same time, the funds received from the commonwealth were used for their intended purpose..
In particular, 65 percent of the allocated tranches went to improve the energy sector, transport and social infrastructure. The country used another third for the agricultural sector.
In general, Poland today is one of the largest users of EU budgetary funds. So, Warsaw accounts for about 13,3%. Behind her with 12% go Italy, Spain and France.
Today the European Union includes 27 nations. Wherein, based on the above data, almost half of the commonwealth budget is spent on four states.
