Anger at uk’s £1bn bill to help albania and serbia join eu

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  • Risto the Great
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2008
    • 15658

    Anger at uk’s £1bn bill to help albania and serbia join eu

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    BRUSSELS bureaucrats are pouring billions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash into helping countries such as Turkey and Albania join the European Union, it emerged yesterday.
    Around £8.3billion has been allocated to an EU “accession” fund that provides financial assistance for nations wanting to join.
    And the cash – including around £1.1billion from Britain – is being handed out even to countries with little hope of joining the EU in the foreseeable future.

    Turkey, Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia are among the nations attempting to join the EU in a new accession wave that are benefiting from money designed to bring their economies and infrastructure closer to European standards. But investigators claim many of the schemes receiving cash are riddled with irregularities and suspected fraud.

    The EU is a corrupt organisation that has not had its accounts signed off for the past 16 years. So to see it hand over billions of euros to countries such as Serbia and Albania to fight corruption is frankly ludicrous.

    Has it not crossed their minds that the money they are giving to eradicate corruption in the police and judiciary is falling straight into the hands of those who are responsible for the corruption in the first place?
    “Not a day goes by without the British public realising just how profligate with our money the EU is. But this surely must be the final straw.

    “Giving money to Turkey, Serbia and Albania among others so they can join this already bloated union is a step too far.” He added: “It is a bitter pill to swallow for British families facing a period of austerity.”
    Mats Persson, of the think-tank Open Europe, said the EU risked “sending billions of pounds into a black hole”.

    But one European Commission official said: “Turkey is a candidate and we are obliged to implement the financial assistance despite the political reality. “We see this as an investment, as the reforms in the recipient countries will benefit the EU indirectly.”

    Turkey, with a predominantly Muslim population of 78 million, is getting £3.2billion from the EU between 2007 and 2013. The cash has been handed out despite EU leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, saying Turkey is not yet ready for EU membership. Albania will receive £320million over five years despite there being no current negotiations on the poverty-stricken state joining the EU. Bosnia and Herzegovina is to receive £363million despite not even applying to join the EU. UK Independence Party MEP William Dartmouth said: “British families facing difficult financial times and possible job losses will be dismayed to discover that we are being forced to give money to countries like Albania and Serbia. It must seem like a bad joke with them as the butt.
    How on Earth can we expect Macedonian politicians to be honest in their dealings with Brussels when so much easy money is around? Get an anti EU political party in power in Macedonia and watch how fast changes will occur!
    Risto the Great
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  • fyrOM
    Banned
    • Feb 2010
    • 2180

    #2
    How do I get to be a politician. Where Nigel when you need him.

    How sceptical of you RTG don’t you know Macedonia only has patriots.

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    • DirtyCodingHabitz
      Member
      • Sep 2010
      • 835

      #3
      I will post videos from Nigel Farage if he makes a comment on this.

      YouTube UK Independence Party That's where they upload their latest videos.
      Last edited by DirtyCodingHabitz; 12-12-2010, 11:13 PM.

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      • Frank
        Banned
        • Mar 2010
        • 687

        #4
        Why not Kosovo also.

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        • Onur
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2010
          • 2389

          #5
          But one European Commission official said: “Turkey is a candidate and we are obliged to implement the financial assistance despite the political reality. “We see this as an investment, as the reforms in the recipient countries will benefit the EU indirectly.”
          EU never pays any money to Turkey for our own benefit. All of these funds are blocked by Greece, Cyprus, French vetoes. They only send money to PKK supporter Kurdish party and various Kurdish NGOs who gets support from EU. They also send money to Istanbul patriarchy too but never to Turkish government, students and Turkish people in general.

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          • Frank
            Banned
            • Mar 2010
            • 687

            #6
            But one European Commission official said: “Turkey is a candidate and we are obliged to implement the financial assistance despite the political reality. “We see this as an investment, as the reforms in the recipient countries will benefit the EU indirectly.”
            The European dollar goes to parties that support their vision for these client countries

            Try Serbia for example money to the pro EU President of Serbia

            Similar for Albania and on and on it goes.

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