@davekeating.substack.com@bsky.brid.gy
2026-07-29 09:04 UTC
For unitary states the contrast is even more striking. The Dutch national budget is 45% of 🇳🇱GDP - 45 times more than the EU. France's is 57% of 🇫🇷GDP.
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@davekeating.substack.com@bsky.brid.gy 2026-07-29 09:04
Merz is pitching a fit about the new 🇪🇺budget creating 2,500 more EU civil service jobs. There are a total of roughly 55,000 EU civil servants. The German federal government employs 527,000. So that's: 🇩🇪:1 federal employee for every 159 residents 🇪🇺:1 confederal employee for every 7,800 residents