Posted on 09/29/2013 6:33:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The European Union spends more on advertising than the drinks giant Coca-Cola, according to a new analysis of how Brussels uses our money. Its budget for promoting itself and all its works comes to £2.4 billion a year. That compares to the £2.13 billion spent in the same year by the soft drinks company on promoting its brand around the world.
The vast scale of the EU’s self-promotion was set down in a new “fiscal factbook” designed to shed light on how Brussels spends the billions it receives from Britain and other member countries. …
And on a larger scale, the report details how the ambitions of EU diplomacy has seen 44 diplomats stationed in Barbados, one of Europe’s less-troubled trading partner nations. …
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
And this is the EUSSR’s “austerity”, folks. Don’t ever think that it is anything else.EU’s £2.4bn ad budget higher than Coca-Cola’s: Huge amount revealed in new ‘fiscal factbook’ that also details how it has 44 diplomats in Barbados
advertising = domestic propaganda
Thanks Olog-hai.
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