Ursula von der Leyen presented her long -awaited proposal for the budget of the new European Union, 2 trillion euros from 2028 to 2034, which increased significantly compared to 1.21 trillion. Approved by European leaders in the summer of 2020.
“This is a budget for a new era that responds to ambition in Europe“He said about the President of the European Commission on Wednesday afternoon. And added: “Faced with European problems. This increases our independence “Field
His plan reconstructs the budget structure along the three main pillars.
- 865 billion euros for agriculture, fishing, cohesion and social policy.
- 410 billion euros for competitiveness, including research and innovation.
- 200 billion euros for external actions, including 100 billion euros for Ukraine.
While direct contributions of member states will cover most of the budget, von der Leyen also provides for new EU levels for electric waste, tobacco and corporate profit so that Brussels can independently bring additional income.
All financial funds will depend on compliance with the supremacy of the law, the main change as a reaction to Democratic regression observed in Hungary.
“The rule of law is necessary“Said von der Lane.”We will provide responsible expenses and full liability“
Presentation on Wednesday officially reveals a political dispute between member states And European parliamentWhich is expected to be extended, exhaustive and explosive, since everyone fights with nails and teeth to get more money for their priorities.
The proposal of von der Leyen about the new long -term budget is greatly formed by her experience Her first term At the top of a strong leader.
Soon after he arrived in Brussels, a largely unknown person separated from Berlin, von der Leyen ran into the pandemia Covid-19, which forced her to design a new recovery fund, restore 27-year-old networks. Then she was instructed to manage the consequences of Russia’s complete invasion of Ukraine, launching energy prices, inflation, which broke the record, intensive competition from China and a series of catastrophic spontaneous disasters.
A Widespread responsibilities US President Donald Trump is the last chapter in a series of consecutive crises that subjected his financial bloc under unprecedented pressure, seriously questioning the collective ability to respond to unforeseen events.
Due to these restrictions, von der Leyen reformed the long -term budget to make it less stringent and more flexible, providing its services with a wider room for maneuvering money depending on constantly changing conditions in Europe and outside it.
“This is strategic, more flexible and more transparent,” she said, calling him the most “ambitious,” when the EU was proposed by the executive branch of the EU.
The strategy is an ambitious removal from the traditional method of thinking, which is officially known as a multinational budget structure (MSC), which has still been based on clearly defined distributions for specific programs controlled by specialized services of the European Commission.
Three main pillars
One of the most impressive modifications to the suggestion of von der Leyen is Mergers Of the two largest budget funds: General Agricultural Policy (CAP), which includes subsidies for farmers and cohesion.
Instead of being individual organizations, both will be grouped in the first pillar: national and regional partnerships, amounting to 865 billion euros.
Two funds, in the same way, are significantly reduced compared to the current budget, where restriction and consistency are more than 60% of the funds.
It is expected that a deep reduction will be strongly challenged by the countries of the South, who are afraid of some reactions of the agricultural sector and eastern countries, which depend on the policy of unity in order to overcome the gap with the richest states -member states.
At the same time, the reduction will be welcomed by Western and northern countries that consistently support the highest attention to modern priorities, such as climatic actions, defense, safety, research, innovation and state technology.
This appeal was supported last year Exposition Former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draga, who called for “radical changes” in order to change the constant decrease in the competitiveness of the Bloc and cope with strong competition from the United States and China.
The answer von der Leyenn is another innovation: the European competitiveness fund of 410 billion euros. The fund is designed to use private means to maximize the influence of state resources, which are often condemned as unfortunately inadequate.
The third pillar of the budget plan combines all foreign policy in the context of the European European European European European European. Here, von der Luen offers to create a fund of $ 100 billion exclusively to support the restoration and reconstruction of Ukraine.
The idea follows her steps Relief for Ukraine 50 billion euros, which the leaders approved in early 2024 to make assistance more reliable and predictable. With the creation of relief, Brussels defended the payment of help from internal conflicts and an individual veto.
Along with three pillars, the plan includes 292 billion euros for other expenses, including repayment of debt in the Covid era, estimated from 25 to 30 billion euros per year, which does not exist in the previous budget.
The commission previously stated that grants from the recovery fund should be fully paid through the same resources as the ETS (ETS) system, customs duties and new offered taxes, which brings 58.2 billion euros per year.
However, the same resources are faced with consolidated resistance from the member states and, as you know, is difficult to establish.