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Originally Posted by seattlelou
Better yet not joining the EU.
The less developed countries in the EU get a net profit of around 2-3% of their GDP from the EU budget, to support developing their economies.
e.g. Greece gets around 5bn net every year, and they don't even take full advantage of some programs because these would require co-funding.
Hard to imagine these countries would be better off without the EU. Maybe without the euro though.