"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled."
— Cicero, Roman statesman, 55 BC
It’s a reminder that even two thousand years ago, wise people knew: if you keep spending what you don’t have, your institutions will rot from within.
Europe Is Not a Bank Machine: Time to Tear Down the EU and Build Something Better
By Adaptation-Guide
Let’s stop pretending the European Union is a united front. It’s not. It’s a collection of 27 member states held together with bureaucracy, duct tape, and wishful thinking.
And when it comes to money, the illusion of unity vanishes faster than Brussels can print a white paper.
The latest EU budget proposal for 2028–2034 lays the crisis bare: €2 trillion over seven years—and no one’s happy.
Some member states say it’s too much. Others say it’s being spent on the wrong things.
And most are too busy safeguarding their domestic political survival to care about the bigger picture.
But here’s the raw truth: the problem isn’t Brussels.
It’s the member states themselves—parasitic, self-interested, and increasingly addicted to the idea of the EU as a bottomless Bancomat.
A Club with No Vision, No Backbone, and No Cash
The European Commission has tried—desperately—to draft a future-oriented budget that plugs the holes of past spending plans.
But there’s no shared vision among member states. They toss out demands like a child scribbling on a restaurant menu. More money for defense. More for farmers. More for Ukraine. More for “cohesion.” But who pays?
Don’t expect the national governments to answer that question honestly. Their first priority is always their own political survival.
Especially now, when right-wing populists are banging at the gates and farmers—those ever-reliable voters—are threatening to jump ship.
Yes, farmers. Because in 2025, nearly one-third of the EU’s budget still goes to the agriculture sector, a powerful political force that seems immune to austerity.
Never mind that Europe’s economy now runs on services and tech, not hay bales and subsidies.
The EU Budget: A Dinosaur in an AI Age
Let’s be clear: the EU doesn’t operate like a real country. It can’t levy significant taxes. Its budget is mostly funded by contributions from its members, proportional to GDP.
And yet, it’s expected to act like a superstate—handling border security, responding to crises, financing reconstruction, and now even defending a war-torn Ukraine.
That’s absurd. You can’t run a geopolitical union on 20th-century financing models.
And yet, the EU did the unthinkable during the pandemic—it borrowed €750 billion from the capital markets. Real money. Real debt. The NextGenerationEU fund was hailed as revolutionary.
But now that the repayment clock is ticking (starting 2028), member states are nowhere to be found. No new revenue streams. No tax harmonization. Just political cowardice and finger-pointing.
Germany’s new chancellor Friedrich Merz even shot down Brussels’ modest proposal to tax mega-corporations or impose a tobacco levy.
So what’s the plan, Herr Kanzler? Let Brussels rot in its own debt?
The Free Lunch Is Over—Unless You're in Warsaw
Take Poland. Their finance minister boasted that Poland is the biggest beneficiary of the “largest EU budget in history.” Of course he’s happy—his country is cashing in, and the EU Commissioner for Budget, Piotr Serafin, is conveniently Polish.
But Poland won’t be on the gravy train forever. When the EU expands to include Ukraine or the Western Balkans, Poland may find itself on the paying end. That will be a bitter pill for Warsaw—and no government there will dare tell voters the truth: you’ll have to give back what you’ve taken.
Meanwhile, the EU continues handing out billions in loans to Ukraine, without any plan for recovery.
Everyone hopes—foolishly—that Ukraine will someday pay back the money. But no one knows when the war will end, and when it does, Ukraine will need hundreds of billions more for reconstruction. A country buried in debt cannot rebuild itself.
Europe Was Never Meant to Be This
Remember how it all began? The European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 was a peace project—a practical pact to make war “not merely unthinkable but materially impossible.”
Then came the EEC.
Then the Maastricht Treaty.
Then the Euro.
That’s when it all started to go wrong.
The UK—perhaps wisely—kept the pound and opted out of the monetary straightjacket. Others didn’t.
Southern Europe paid the price with austerity and stagnation. Germany benefited. France compromised. And the periphery bled.
And now? 27 countries. 27 languages. 27 competing interests. Hungary wants EU money but undermines EU courts. Poland wants funds but resents the rules. Serbia’s still flirting with the Kremlin. And everyone wants Brussels to pay for their domestic disasters.
Tear It Down Before It Collapses on Its Own
The truth is ugly but necessary: the EU, in its current form, is unsustainable.
It cannot expand.
It cannot finance itself.
It cannot defend itself.
It cannot decide what it wants to be.
And that means it’s time for something radical.
We need a new European club—one based not on fantasy unity but on fiscal realism, democratic accountability, and shared strategic priorities.
A coalition of willing, capable nations who pay in, buy in, and commit to shared defense, shared tech, and shared governance.
How are you doing, Canada?
The rest? Let them form their own club. A two-speed Europe already exists in practice. Let’s formalize it and stop pretending Brussels can carry everyone.
A Warning to the Parasites
The EU is not your piggy bank.
Not your PR tool.
Not your bailout mechanism.
It’s a fragile system that—when abused—will break under the weight of your hypocrisy.
If member states want Brussels to survive, they must pay for it. Otherwise, let it collapse—and let the europhiles weep at the funeral.
Because the "free lunch" era is over. And the bill is due.
Sources & Citations:
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European Commission, Multiannual Financial Framework 2028–2034 Proposal.
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European Court of Auditors Reports on Budget Irregularities (2023).
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IMF: “Debt and Fiscal Risks in the Euro Area,” 2024.
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Reuters: “Poland Welcomes EU Budget Proposal,” July 2025.
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Financial Times: “NextGenerationEU Repayments Begin 2028,” April 2025.
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