The net contributors refuse to talk about this for reasons that are beyond me.

The contributions by the current net contributors would grow substantially.

The same is also true, in fact, of a number of other net contributors.

Without it in existence at all, over the next financial perspective we would be the largest net contributor.

The Netherlands is the largest net contributor per citizen, and we want to see this change very soon.

This is being paid for by the countries which are net contributors and whose citizens do not want Turkey to join.

After all, the net contributors are already looking forward to getting back the money that will go unspent in 1998 and 1999.

Looked at this way, net contributors want to be more than just payers.

At the same time, it could defuse the issue of net contributors.

We certainly do not want to stop being a net contributor.