Yeah. Some states, including Hungary, usually get back more money in EU funds than they pay into it... nominally. The problem is, the EU funds going back to those states come with all sorts of strings attached, they can't just spend it on whatever they want.
How it started: "Let's form a political body to represent the common interests of Europe and compete against large, foreign, powers".
How it's going: "Subvert your culture and pimp your children or we'll bankrupt you".
Fun Fact: Immediately after WWII prostitution was legalized in Germany.
Not getting free money is not bankrupting anyone. Or would you claim any country would bankrupt Ukraine if we stopped giving them money for free?
iirc every member state pays money into the EU
this is probably more like a refund?
Yeah. Some states, including Hungary, usually get back more money in EU funds than they pay into it... nominally. The problem is, the EU funds going back to those states come with all sorts of strings attached, they can't just spend it on whatever they want.
taking someone's money with no intent to return it is called theft.