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00:00Behind almost every major fight in the European Union, there's a battle about money.

00:19And the mother of all battles? The negotiations over the long-term budget.

00:24In Brussels speak, multi-annual financial framework.

00:28A couple of days ago, the European Commission presented its first proposal.

00:33The budget covers the period from 2028 to 2034.

00:38It amounts to 2 trillion euros, a whopping increase of 67% compared to the current budget of 1.2 trillion euros.

00:47The spending would rise from 1.13 to 1.26% of the EU's gross national income.

00:54Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the proposal is a comprehensive overall of the EU budget

01:00to make it simpler, more effective and better aligned with European priorities.

01:06But what exactly these priorities should be is now up to debate among the various stakeholders,

01:13national governments and the European Parliament.

01:16That begs the question, what do Europe's citizens consider a priority?

01:20I know Erasmus Plus and programs like this are always the thing that people think of very fondly,

01:26when it comes to the EU and its involvement in their lives and I would like to see more funding for these kinds of exchanges.

01:31I know Erasmus Plus and programs like this are always the thing that people think of very fondly,

01:36when it comes to the EU and its involvement in their lives and I would like to see more funding for these kinds of exchanges.

01:42I know Erasmus Plus and programs like this are always the thing that people think of very fondly,

01:49when it comes to the EU and its involvement in their lives and I would like to see more funding for these kinds of exchanges.

01:55There is not only the defense, there is also the human side.

01:58For me, the priority is first the environment, what is sustainable development and then wealth.

02:04Let's bring in Gerardo Fortuna now has covered this story for Euronews. Good to see you Gerardo.

02:10So the presentation was preceded by discussions that were marked by extraordinary secrecy.

02:17Now based on your reporting, tell us a bit about the process of how the sausage is made.

02:23The Commission put up a system that could reveal spy movies because it's a classic example of compartmentalization.

02:32So they divided people working on this dossier into groups and these groups only had access to information

02:39necessary for carrying on their tasks. And more strikingly, the figures, which is what matters, numbers,

02:48were shared with commissioners themselves only a few minutes before taking the final decision on the budget.

02:56So you've covered many budgets. Looking at this draft proposal, what are the main characteristics?

03:03What is different compared to the last time?

03:05There's a lot of the lessons that Ursula von der Leyen learned in her first mandate where she faced unprecedented challenges

03:14like the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, COVID pandemic, increase in energy prices.

03:20The EU needs more agility and that's the main characteristic, moving money from one path to another when it's needed.

03:29And the other one, of course, is simplification. We used to have over 50 funds, now we have just fewer.

03:38Cohesion policies, so regional funding and commercial policies, EU farming subsidies, will be merged into a single pot.

03:46So what happens next? When will the final budget be approved?

03:49It will be a long and highly likely difficult road ahead.

03:54Now the Danish presidency of the EU Council is supposed to come up with what we call Nego Box.

04:00So a negotiation piece of paper to start the talks between EU leaders by December, the next EU summit in December.

04:11And then, of course, some major countries like Germany already expressed concerns.

04:17It's going to take one or probably two years.

04:20There's also the European Parliament involved, but the Parliament just had to sign off.

04:25They can't amend, so they just have to approve the final deal as it goes out from the EU leaders' table.

04:32The Commission's blueprint remodels the budget structure along three main pillars.

04:38865 billion euros for agriculture, fisheries, cohesion and social policy.

04:43A merger of traditional funds that has already been criticised, especially by farmers.

04:48410 billion for competitiveness, research and innovation.

04:52This includes war-related defence infrastructure.

04:55Around 200 billion euros for external action.

04:58That includes support for Ukraine.

05:00Around 25 billion euros per year will be spent on paying back the pandemic recovery fund.

05:06Joining me now at the European Parliament is Carla Tavares,

05:09member of the Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control from the Socialists and Democrats from Portugal.

05:16In your opinion, is this a realistic budget proposal that covers all of people's needs adequately?

05:23We think the total amount that we have for the next MFF is not enough because we have new challenges in the European Union.

05:35We have defence, we have competitiveness, but we still need to work together in the cohesion, in agri, in employment, in health, in education.

05:45So we think it's not enough what we have in the proposal from the Commission.

05:51So traditionally the biggest items in the budget are the common agriculture policy and the cohesion policy.

06:00This time they are lumped together and they are facing severe cuts. Are these justified?

06:06We need to solve the new architecture of the next MFF.

06:12But we think it's not good to measure the agri programmes, the support to the farmers and the same package that we put to the cohesion.

06:22The parliament don't defend this way to the next MFF.

06:28We defend that we need to still have separated the agri and the cohesion from the big package that you have,

06:36the other funds that you have in these areas of this MFF.

06:42When you separate the agri and the cohesion, you put one another to fight for the budget.

06:51We think it's not a good idea. It's not a good way for the future.

06:55And finally, what about investments in the fight against climate change? Is this still a priority?

07:00For the 27 member states, it's a big, big, big priority in the next MFF.

07:07It's important to remember that the next MFF begins in 2028 until 2034.

07:14So it's very important for the member states to have a tool to react when we have some problems,

07:26but at the same time have the capacity during old years to invest in these areas to prevent some issues in the future.

07:38Whether the Commission's budget proposal will survive in its current form is highly unlikely.

07:43In fact, some financial heavyweights like Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden have already rejected the numbers game.

07:50They believe the budget is too big and too expensive.

07:55So, thank you all.

07:57Thank you very much.

07:59You have a great idea.

08:00Thank you very much.

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