According to a report by the Institute for the German Economy (IW), it was the eighth largest net beneficiary, with €2,227 million, a value that, divided by the population of around 10.6 million people, would give €215.94 per citizen. Germany continues to be the largest net contributor and Poland is the largest beneficiary.

As in the previous year, the largest net beneficiary was Poland, with a total of 8,154.20 million euros. A few billion behind are Romania (5,994.02 million euros) and Hungary (4,561.50 million euros).

Conversely, ten countries have a negative net balance between…