Now the largest dispute in Europe – the Commission’s budget proposal

The current financial framework is 1.2 thousand billion. In addition, EU countries have had over EUR 807 billion recovery packages.

In Brussels, it is estimated that the future financial framework could be about 10 % higher than the current budget.

For example, Finland is ready to increase the current financial framework if the funds are used to strengthen European defense and competitiveness.

The biggest change in the budget proposal announced by the Commission on Wednesday is that it shakes previous budget structures.

The purpose is to make “simpler, more flexible, more targeted and impressive” budget.

At the heart of the reform is that each country will have a plan for key reforms and investments designed and implemented in cooperation with national and local authorities.

The Commission’s budget plan also involves a new competitiveness fund.

The Commission justifies the new approach by the fact that the EU will need to better meet new money -consuming needs, such as competitiveness and security, and find out about existing challenges, such as combating global warming.

In the Commission’s plans, even the “holy cow” of Europe, or agricultural money, would not remain intact.

The largest budget pressures are specifically related to the fate of regional development money and agricultural funds in the Member States. They take about 60 percent of the current budget.

Another challenge for the upcoming budget season is that interest rates of more than € 800 billion the corona cloning package will be paid and the budget will vaccinate up to 20 %, unless, for example, it is not decided to pay interest payments.

European tour

The budget’s problem areas can be summarized in the following questions: how much Finland and other Member States will pay for a common EU pot in the future. Where the money is used and on what basis it is distributed to Member States.

Whether or not the EU Commission is allowed to collect taxes, that is, new funds to finance common expenditure needs.

At the same time, it is up to you to decide whether to take a new co -debt and what is done on former co -interest rates in addition to the budget of over EUR 1.2 thousand billion.

To solve budget challenges, the EU Budget Commissioner, Piotr Serafinannounced on Wednesday that it would launch a large European tour of Tour d’Auropen.

“The next long -term EU budget must be planned together. I am committed to extensive consultation and want to hear the views of Member States, regional and local governments, citizens and stakeholders on the new European budget, ”Serafin said.

Spanish requirements

In the EU Member States, Spain has already begun a bold budgeting.

According to Politico, Spain wants to double the current budget to over EUR 2000 billion.

Spain wants to replicate the corona ammunition package, and the interest on the recovery package will be transferred to a later payment, leaving more money to finance the green transition.

Traditionally, the southern countries of the EU have been more favorable to co -debt, while Nuuka North has opposed the fact that Member States become the guarantee of each other’s debts.

For Finland, Spanish plans do not taste. However, in Finland, there is also preparedness for new co -debt, as long as it is used to strengthen European defense.