One model is the European Investment Bank, which, with 50 billion of capital, has been able to invest 400 billion.

The bank s overnight deposit facility rose from 250 billion to 400 billion just after the extraordinary refinancing operation and to 480 billion in recent days.

The annual state operated road network expenditure of around 1 billion euro is paid with vehicle and fuel taxes which amount to around 1.5 billion euro and 1 billion euro.

That translates into an additional 16billion per year in interest payments on Greece s current debt of 273 billion.

Loans to Ireland ( 85 billion) and Portugal ( 78 billion) are also significantly bigger than those usually provided by the IMF.

For example, the Bundesbank s Target claims ballooned from 5 billion in 2006 to 323 billion by March 2011.

In 2009, the annual healthcare related expenditures reached 20.6 billion kuna (2.75 billion euro).

In 2012, US exports to the EU totaled roughly 206 billion ( 272 billion), while EU exports to the US amounted to nearly 300 billion.

What is the logic of this crazy carousel? German banks hold at least 48 billion in Irish bank debt, British banks hold another 31 billion, and French banks hold 19 billion.

Between 1995 and 1999, it spent roughly 3.4 billion in the region, to which the European Investment Bank added a further 4.8 billion in loans.

Greece s European partners have provided 130 billion in new loans.

In the EU, 54 billion of subsidies are paid every year.

The country s TARGET debt grew by 76 billion from February to March, with the total since July 2011 reaching 276 billion.

But the combined oil import bill was more than double that 315 billion and the official figure for 2012 is expected to exceed 335 billion.

Eurozone taxpayers provided 10 billion in bailout funds.

In 2014 visitors to Paris spent 17 billion dollars (13.58 billion Euros), the third highest sum globally after London and New York.

The volume of Greece s foreign debt has been reduced by more than 100 billion ( 130 billion).

When the Danish Folketing (parliament) ratified the project in March 2009, its cost was estimated at 42 billion Danish kroner ( 5 billion).

The European Union has launched a 1 billion effort to help peasant farmers.

If this premium prevails, Greece will have to pay 7.4 billion more in interest per year on its 271 billion debt than it would have to pay at the German rate.

About forty nine percent of this amount was accounted for by political measures 37 billion euros due to direct payments and 43 billion euros from consumers due to the artificially high price.

It is for this reason that I have suggested a capital increase to the shareholders of the bank to 30 billion from the current 20 billion.

To compensate for the damage that their reckless behavior caused, they received 303 billion ( 378 billion) in extra credit through Target, the European Central Bank's interbank payment settlement system, and can now expect a further 100 billion in help from the European Financial Stability Facility.

BRUSSELS Recently, a 10 billion ( 13 billion) shortfall in this year s European Union budget came to light.

These companies spend 16 billion per year on goods, services, and wages in Ireland.

In fact, some of the 489 billion already has been used for that purpose.

If 250 billion ( 325 billion) can be found to rescue Greece, it is certainly not too much to ask of the international community to find 100 billion to ensure successful democratic transitions in countries that are starting with low external debt levels.

Spain and Italy face the redemption of government bonds valued at 13.2 billion ( 16.5 billion) and 17 billion, respectively, in July, with redemptions continuing every month thereafter like an unstoppable tsunami, ensuring continued turmoil in Europe and beyond.

The member states have transferred their seignorage rights to the ECB, and the ECB is currently earning about 25 billion ( 32.7 billion) annually.

The current federal government will certainly abide by these rules, which implies reducing the structural deficit to approximately 10 billion by 2016 a reduction of about 7 billion a year.

Tourism In 2005, Finnish tourism grossed over 6.7 billion with a 5 increase from the previous year.

On 6 March 2009, Silvio Berlusconi's government declared that the construction works for the Messina Bridge will begin on 23 December 2009, and announced a pledge of 1.3 billion as a contribution to the bridge's total cost, estimated at 6.1 billion.

Germany led the world in putting up solar panels, funded by 47 billion in subsidies.

Between May 2010 and September 2011, the value of Greek sovereign debt held by French banks dropped by 4.6 billion (39 ), while German banks reduced their holdings by 2.9 billion (31 ) and Italian banks by 530 million (30 ).

In 2011, for example, private investment in Europe totaled more than 2 trillion, compared to government investment of less than 300 billion.

Since July 2011, Spain s TARGET debt has grown by 199 billion.

MUNICH The eurozone countries have now agreed to provide some 80 billion in cheap loans to Greece over the next three years, and hope that the International Monetary Fund will provide another 15 billion at the least.

Indeed, beyond official European aid totaling more than 1 billion ( 1.3 billion) annually, the EU has invested heavily in institutional development in Palestine.

Researchers already estimate that reunification could raise annual incomes by about 1.8 billion more than 5,500 per household.

To put this in perspective, 2.5 billion could double the number of hospitals in Denmark.

Greece has so far repaid almost none of the 282 billion ( 372 billion) in loans that it has received since 2010.

From 2000 to 2006, Europe spent another 5.35 billion, and the EIB approved 6.4 billion in loans.

As for Germany, the 2010 federal budget features a record high deficit of well above 50 billion.

The total up front financing would be 530 billion by 2020 less than the cost of the current US financial sector bailout plan and 810 billion by 2030, which is well within range of what financial markets can handle.

Together, these three institutions lend more than 130 billion ( 168 billion) annually for projects in Europe and beyond, and maintain a strong advisory role in beneficiary countries.