some awesome examples of the EU spending my money on propaganda that i am directly opposed to:
http://www.openeurope.org.uk/research/top50waste.pdf

a few choice examples:
€680,000 for “running costs” of NGOs promoting EU integration
In 2009 the EU allocated €680,000 for the “running costs of the Platform of European
Social Non-Governmental Organisations”. Among the stated aims of this are: “giving
citizens the opportunity to interact and participate in the construction of an ever closer
union”, as well as “developing the conscience of a European identity”, and “reinforcing
citizens’ sense of being part of the European Union.”
i don't want an ever closer union.

€400,000 for videomaking festival to promote EU citizenship
The European Cultural Foundation spent €400,000 on its ‘Stranger’ festival in
Amsterdam37, for 150 young people to develop their videomaking skills in the ‘Stranger
Academy’38. Short films were entered into a competition aiming to promote ‘intercultural
dialogue’ and EU citizenship. One of the winning 2008 films, “scriptwrited”, told the story
of a script writer who lives in two worlds, a world of dreams and the real world and in
“who I am (not)” a young boy lists off the many things he cannot do, concluding “but I
could record this film”.
nor too do i care about EU citizenship.

‘Donkeypedia’: the blogging donkey
As part of the EU’s €7 million ‘Year of Intercultural Dialogue’ initiative, the European
Commission ran an art education project called “Donkeypedia”, in which a donkey
travels through the Netherlands, and primary school children meet and greet the donkey.
The aim of the project was “creating a reflection of all European identities. What are the
similarities, what are the differences? What is it that makes Europe as unique as it is?
Donkeypedia will try to make this feeling tangible by interacting and in dialogue with its
surroundings while walking a European route through several countries and collecting
data to support this image.” The donkey, named Asino, also maintained a blog
throughout the walk. One entry reads: “We started really early today, Cristian slept in a
bed in a house. It was a crazy morning waking up. I was under a chestnut tree sleeping
in sand, when I opened my eyes there were animals all looking at me. I was
embarrassed! Now I understand a little how people from different cultures may feel in the
Netherlands.”
just, what!?!?

In 2008 alone, the EU spent more than €2.4 billion promoting European integration
and ‘ever closer union’ through a myriad of funding streams and through the various
Commission departments – DG Culture, DG Education and Citizenship, and DG
Communication.
2.4B euros on ever-closer-union!!!!!!!!! i wonder how much they spent promoting a loose association of sovereign nation states?