Some numbers to add context: 1. The previous U.S. administration requested $6.1 billion of funding for PEPFAR for FY 2025[1]. That’s the equivalent of €5.856 billion[2]. 2. 449.2 million people live in the European Union[3]. That is significantly more than the United States population. 3. The cost of funding PEPFAR would be €13.04 per year per EU resident. That’s only slightly more than €1 per month.
It is worth noting that the European Union itself does not have that many financial resources: the EU’s 2025 budget is ~€200 billion [1]. That is an order of magnitude less than the U.S. federal government budget. This means that the EU member states would need to provide funding for this program from their national budgets.
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Some numbers to add context:
1. The previous U.S. administration requested $6.1 billion of funding for PEPFAR for FY 2025[1]. That’s the equivalent of €5.856 billion[2].
2. 449.2 million people live in the European Union[3]. That is significantly more than the United States population.
3. The cost of funding PEPFAR would be €13.04 per year per EU resident. That’s only slightly more than €1 per month.
https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-u-s-presidents-emergency-plan-for-aids-relief-pepfar/
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/eurofxref-graph-usd.en.html
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Population_and_population_change_statistics
It is worth noting that the European Union itself does not have that many financial resources: the EU’s 2025 budget is ~€200 billion [1]. That is an order of magnitude less than the U.S. federal government budget. This means that the EU member states would need to provide funding for this program from their national budgets.
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-annual-budget/2025-budget/