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00:00Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE

00:30The 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,

00:56the 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?

01:20Myślę, że szkolnictwo, bo to bardzo, bardzo kuleje w naszym kraju.

01:28Niech pomagają biedniejszym, bo na obronność są środki, wystarczają.

01:34na bezpieczeństwo, na obronność, no i chyba na działania przeciwdziałające bezrobociu młodych.

01:45I 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.

01:53And I would like to see more funding for these kinds of exchanges.

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

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

02:04Let's bring in Gerardo Fortuna now who has covered this story for Euronews.

02:09Good to see you Gerardo.

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

02:18Now 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 revolve spy movies

02:28because it's a classic example of compartmentalization.

02:33So they divided people working on this dossier into groups

02:37and these groups only had access to information necessary for carrying on their tasks.

02:45And more strikingly, the figures, which is what matters, numbers,

02:49were shared with commissioners themselves only a few minutes

02:53before taking the final decision on the budget.

02:56So you've covered many budgets.

03:00Looking at this draft proposal, what are the main characteristics?

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

03:06There's a lot of the lessons that Ursula von der Leyen learned in her first mandate

03:11where she faced unprecedented challenges like the full-scale invasion of Ukraine,

03:17COVID pandemic, increase in energy prices.

03:21The EU needs more agility.

03:23And that's the main characteristic.

03:25Moving money from one path to another when it's needed.

03:30And the other one, of course, is simplification.

03:32We used to have over 50 funds.

03:36Now we have just fewer.

03:38Cohesion policies, so regional funding,

03:40and commercial policy, EU farming subsidies,

03:44will be merged into a single pot.

03:46So what happens next?

03:47When 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

03:56is supposed to come up with what we call Nego Box.

04:00So a negotiation piece of paper

04:03to start the talks between EU leaders by December,

04:09the next EU summit in December.

04:11And then, of course, some major countries like Germany

04:15already expressed concerns.

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

04:20There's also the European Parliament involved,

04:22but the Parliament just had to sign off.

04:25They can't amend, so they just have to approve the final deal

04:28as it goes out from the EU leaders' table.

04:32The Commission's blueprint remodels the budget structure

04:36along three main pillars.

04:38865 billion euros for agriculture, fisheries,

04:41cohesion and social policy,

04:43a merger of traditional funds

04:45that has already been criticised, especially by farmers.

04:48410 billion for competitiveness, research and innovation.

04:52This includes war-related defence infrastructure,

04:56around 200 billion euros for external action.

04:58That includes support for Ukraine.

05:01Around 25 billion euros per year will be spent

05:03on paying back the pandemic recovery fund.

05:07Joining me now at the European Parliament is Carla Tavares,

05:10member of the Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control

05:14from the Socialists and Democrats, from Portugal.

05:17In your opinion, is this a realistic budget proposal

05:20that covers all of people's needs adequately?

05:24We think the total amount that we have for the next MFF,

05:30it's not enough,

05:31because we have new challenges in the European Union.

05:35We have defence, we have competitiveness,

05:38but we need to still work together

05:41in the cohesion, in agri, in employment,

05:44in health, in education.

05:46So we think it's not enough

05:48what we have in the proposal from the Commission.

05:52So traditionally the biggest items in the budget

05:54are the common agriculture policy

05:57and the cohesion policy.

06:01This time they are lumped together

06:03and they're facing severe cuts.

06:05Are these justified?

06:06We need to solve the new architecture

06:10of the next MFF,

06:12but we think it's not good

06:13to measure the agri-programs,

06:17the support to the farmers,

06:19and the same package that we put to the cohesion.

06:23The Parliament don't defend this way

06:26to the next MFF.

06:28We defend that we need to still have separated

06:31the agri- and the cohesion

06:34from the big package

06:35that you have another old fund

06:38that you have in these areas of this MFF.

06:42When you separate the agri- and the cohesion,

06:46you put one another to fight for the budget.

06:51And we think it's not a good idea.

06:53It's not a good way for the future.

06:54And finally, what about investments in the fight against climate change?

06:59Is this still a priority?

07:00For the 27 member states,

07:03it's a big, big, big priority in the next MFF.

07:07It's important to remember

07:09that the next MFF begins in 2028 until 2034.

07:14So it's very important for the member states

07:19to have a tool to react it when we have some problems,

07:26but at the same time have the capacity

07:29during old years invest in these areas

07:34to prevent some issues in the future.

07:38Whether the Commission's budget proposal

07:40will survive in its current form is highly unlikely.

07:43In fact, some financial heavyweights

07:45like Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden

07:47have already rejected the numbers game.

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

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