{"id":46534,"date":"2014-10-24T17:29:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ft_eu_tells_britain_to_pay_extra_2-1bn_because_of_its_relative_prosperity\/"},"modified":"2014-10-24T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:29:06","slug":"ft_eu_tells_britain_to_pay_extra_2-1bn_because_of_its_relative_prosperity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=46534","title":{"rendered":"(FT) EU tells Britain to pay extra \u00e2\u201a\u00ac2.1bn because of its relative prosperity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To compensate for its economy performing better than other EU countries since 1995, the UK will have to make a top-up payment on December 1 representing almost a fifth of the country\u2019s net contribution last year. France, meanwhile, will receive a \u00e2\u201a\u00ac1bn rebate, according to Brussels calculations seen by the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>The one-off bill will infuriate eurosceptic MPs at an awkward moment for the prime minister, who is wrestling with strong anti-EU currents in British politics that are buffeting his party and prompting a rethink of the UK\u2019s place in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/81f4a330-5aa2-11e4-8625-00144feab7de.html#axzz3H4GnEY5A\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To compensate for its economy performing better than other EU countries since 1995, the UK will have to make a top-up payment on December 1 representing almost a fifth of the country\u2019s net contribution last year. France, meanwhile, will receive<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=46534\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,50,149,199,168,200,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-economy","category-england-uk","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-europe","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}