Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
For the rebuilding of Iraq, the United States has pledged $20 billion,
Japan has pledged $1.5 billion, and the European Union has pledged
$235 million.


What the EU has pledged does not include what individual members
pledge as well, googling about a bit:

$835m from Britain
$300m from Spain
$174m from Italy
$110m from Germany
$32.6m from Sweden
$5.9m from Belgium

with the $235m from the EU you get a total of about $1.7 billion. Not
the same as $20 Billion but better than $235m.

The 2002 EU budget for foreign aid was only $785m so guessing $235m
would be about the most they can do with out rearranging the 2003
budget which would probably take years to agree.

Couldn't find anything on French contributions.

Cheers

Gareth