1. Czech Hungary Poland & the Financial Crisis

2. Background:  EU accession: 2004  Subjects to excessive deficit procedures  Have not yet adopted the euro

3. Unemployment  CZR – 8.6%  HUN – 11.2%  POL – 12.6%  CZR – machinery and transport equipment, raw materials, chem. (exp. & imp. POL 6.3%, 7.1% )  HUN – machinery, other manufacture (imp. POL 4.7%)  POL – machinery, manufacture, food and live animals, chemicals  CZR – 3.1%, 38.6%  HUN – 4.7%, 30.9%  POL – 17.4%, 29.2% Occupied in agriculture & industry : Exports/Imports Background

4. People at risk of poverty or social exclusion: Czech > 15%, Hungary > 30%, Poland > 25%. Common policy issues: public finance, economic growth, narrowing budget deficit, employment & labor force participation Background

5. News: Inside the borders New President Milos Zeman, social democrat Budget deficit to exceed EU limit; IMF talks - no result EU freezes €4bn fraud case

6. Give 1.5 bil Get 3.0 bil Czech Give 836.4 m Get 5.3 bil Hungary Give 3.2 bil Get 14.4 bil Poland EU Budget

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12. Czech Republic Czech is a net beneficiary, opposing decreasing of the budget. Money saved on CAP will be allocated to education, research and energy security. 5.4 bil euros for agriculture and 1.9 bil for development.

13. Hungary 60% of EU funds will be used on economic development €48m for unemployment Biggest payout per capita 10% lower than the previous budget deal

14. Poland Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski : “a unique, huge success” 52% of all public investment comes from EU budget "development eastern Poland" programme Wants a "European defense force" to guarantee European security

15. Delaying Euro Adoption  Excuse: Eurozone crisis  Exchange Rate Mechanism II (ERM II)  Minimum 2 years % of respondents who think that the consequences of adopting the euro are “very and rather negative”

16. Conclusion Friends of Cohesion Poorer regions that benefit highly Positive ending

17. The Guardian: EU budget: how much does each country pay and where does it get spent? EurActiv: EU budget summit aftermath: ‘Everyone’s a winner’ European Commission: Where does the money go? 4-traders: Government succeeds in EU budget negotiations Syracuse University Conference: “The Euro Crisis and the Future of the European Union” The Guardian: EU budget interactive The Guardian: EU leaders reach historic budget deal - as it happened Sources