PIB UE 25: 18 285 milliards $
VAT 0,50%: 91,425 milliards $
Unemployed: 0,0191 billions people UE27 4786 $ per unemployed per year 398 $ per unemployed per month
Data is from Eurostat and IMF through wikipedia and mixes happily data for UE25, UE27 and 2007/2008. Nevertheless, for a rough calculation I think It's OK. Of course the system would have to be limited to eurozone countries to keep within the "optimal currency area". A free fox in a free henhouse!
I was more on something about 100/200€ per month, much lower than minimum wages or minimum income in any country, this being something additionnal to national benefits. A free fox in a free henhouse!
398 $ per unemployed per month
País SMI mes ------------ --------- Luxemburgo 1.610 € Irlanda 1.462 € Holanda 1.357 € Bélgica 1.336 € Francia 1.321 € Gran Bretaña 1.148 € Grecia 681 € España 600 € Portugal 497 € Polonia 334 € Rumanía 137 € Bulgaria 112 €
I'm so bad at english I don't know if I conveyed the idea properly. A free fox in a free henhouse!
I'll add another argument. It is usually assumed that organizations tend to defend their existence once created. At the moment, we have a set of european institutions that are defending themselves quite well: European Commission, European Parliament, European Council... Nearly all of them are of an economically conservative culture.
If such a system would be created, this means that some European "social" administration would be created and then defend itself, but which culture would be representative of traditionnal European social state rather than of anglo-economics. This would participate in a useful balance of power at the top. A free fox in a free henhouse!
