Germany rejected the European Commission 2 Trillion (2.32 trillion) for $ 3.32 million, hours after the President of the European Commission Ursula Von Der Leien in Brussels.
The “comprehensive increase in the EU budget is unacceptable at the time when all Member States bring significant efforts to consolidate their national budgets,” said Major Main Government in the statement. “Therefore, we will not be able to accept the proposal of the Commission.”
The statement of the largest EU member state indicates a battle that is ahead of the blocks of the block because it tries to obtain a purchase for the next seven-year budget that starts in 2028. years.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Commission presented a draft proposal after intensive negotiations that stretched late on Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday morning.
A picture of 1.98 eurion is a significant leap from 1.2 trillion euros – equivalent to 1% EU output – which was assigned during the last budget cycle, between 2021. and 2027. Years.
The draft plan is a competitiveness of 590 billion euros, and the prosperity and security fund, of which 451 billion euros are intended for assistance to European companies to continue their international rivals.
In order to direct resources in those areas, funding agriculture – traditionally one of the largest blocks – will be reduced. Farmers will receive at least 300 billion euros in direct payments, the president of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leien told reporters in Brussels. It compares it with 387 billion euros in Current Agricultural BudgetAlthough a mixture of goals will be to be somewhat changed.
The Commission also proposed 100 billion euros of funding for Ukraine for the seven-year period covered by the budget. Bloomberg previously reported If the Commission was weighed a move. Von Der Leien said the money would support Ukraine’s recovery and resilience, as well as the country’s country to EU membership.
The proposal on Wednesday begins a hard process to see the European Parliament and the European Council, which represent the Member States, apply to the process. EU leaders must give their unanimous match. The budget must be agreed by the end of 2027. Years.
The EU budget debates have long been disputed, because the EU are grabbing competing requirements from agriculture to regional funding for poorer Member States.
This year’s proposal, which will manage the expenditure of blocks between 2028. And 2034. years, it is even more sensitive given the EU’s goal and improve its competitiveness because it faces economic threats in the United States and increasing competition from China. The report of the former European President of the Central Bank Mario Draghi last year warned that the EU is facing 800 billion euros a year investment gap.
The current long-term budget supports about 50 EU funds from research to energy projects. First of all, the contributions of the Member States are financed, and the richer economy is net contributed to the joint pot.
The President of the European Parliament of Robert Metsol said the parliament – who must approve the proposal – ensure that each percentage of the budget is calculated. “Fiscal discipline is not choice, it is our responsibility,” she said.
