Europe

We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.

25 February 2016

Europe

The UK's EU membership fee

By Full Fact Team • 3 mins

In 2018 the UK government paid £13 billion to the EU budget, and EU spending on the UK was forecast to be £4 billion. So the UK’s ‘net contribution’ was estimated at about £9 billion. Read

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24 February 2016

Europe

Explaining the EU deal: is it legally binding?

By Steve Peers, Professor of EU Law and Human Rights Law, University of Essex • 6 mins

There's been heated argument about whether the Prime Minister's EU deal is legally binding. We asked EU law expert Professor Steve Peers to take a look. Read

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22 February 2016

Europe

Explaining the EU deal: the 'red card'

By Derrick Wyatt KC, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford • 4 mins

The EU deal contains a 'red card' for parliaments to challenge draft EU laws if they don't comply with 'subsidiarity'. Professor Derrick Wyatt QC explains. Read

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22 February 2016

Europe

Explaining the EU deal: deporting EU immigrants

By Catherine Barnard, Professor of European Union Law, University of Cambridge and Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe • 4 mins

European Union member countries will find it easier to deport EU immigrants under the renegotiation deal, says Professor Catherine Barnard. Read

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