“The adoption of the next multi annual financial framework (MFF) for the period from 2028 will be one of the second von der Leyen Commission’s defining projects. Striking a delicate balance between the EU’s growing financial needs and many Member States’ reluctance to shoulder higher payments to the EU has always been a challenging task. However, never before have the EU’s many financial needs been greater – and, at the same time, Member States’ budgets are under heavy constraints.
On the expenditure side, several costly projects are on the horizon. The EU’s next long-term budget will have to finance the principal repayment of Next Generation EU (NGEU) grants from 2028 onwards, as well as borrowing costs that are higher than originally planned owing to a rise in interest rates. Other major expenditure items will include further financial support for Ukraine in its defence against Russia’s war of aggression and the subsequent contribution to recovery and reconstruction, the need to enhance the EU’s defence, security and preparedness, and the cost of EU enlargement. In addition, the EU must continue to invest in high-growth projects and its green and digital transformation in order to remain competitive, as recently underlined by the former president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, in his high-level report on competitiveness…”
The adoption of the next MultiAnnual Financial Framework( MFF) is a crucial event to follow in the coming weeks, as capital changes will be made in the different priorities-Defence and Competitiveness for example.
If you want to be update in this crucial matter, please follow:
- https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2025/767242/EPRS_BRI(2025)767242_EN.pdf
- https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu-budget/2021-2027_en
- https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-long-term-budget/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_486
“The next long-term budget, which will start in 2028, needs to square the circle: the expectations from the EU to act are steadily increasing. For the EU budget to be fit for our ambitions, ensure the repayment of the borrowing for NextGenerationEU and, at the same time, provide stable national financial contributions from Member States, there is a need to introduce new own resources. The status quo is not an option. Choices need to be made. The EU must maximise the impact of every euro it spends, focusing on EU priorities and objectives where EU action is most needed.”…
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