È iniziata la battaglia sul bilancio da 2.000 miliardi di euro dell'UE

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È iniziata la battaglia sul bilancio da 2.000 miliardi di euro dell'UE

La Commissione europea ha proposto un bilancio a lungo termine di 2.000 miliardi di euro che, in modo controverso, unificherebbe i fondi agricoli e di coesione.

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00:00behind almost every major fight in the European Union there's a battle about money the mother of

00:20all battles the negotiations over the long-term budget in Brussels speak multi-annual financial

00:27framework. A couple of days ago, the European Commission presented its first proposal.

00:33The budget covers the period from 2028 to 2034. It amounts to 2 trillion euros, a whopping

00:41increase of 67% compared to the current budget of 1.2 trillion euros. The spending would

00:48rise from 1.13 to 1.26% of the EU's gross national income. Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

00:56said, the proposal is a comprehensive overall of the EU budget to make it simpler, more effective

01:02and better aligned with European priorities. But what exactly these priorities should be

01:09is now up to debate among the various stakeholders, national governments and the European Parliament.

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

01:20I think that education is very, very hard in our country.

01:27They help the poor people, because there are the resources for safety.

01:33They are more safe for safety. And I think that they are the ones that are the ones that are

01:40against young people.

01:41I know Erasmus Plus and programs like this are always the thing that people think of very fondly

01:47when it comes to the EU and its involvement in their lives. And I would like to see more

01:53funding for these kinds of exchanges.

01:54There is not only the defense, there is also the human side.

01:57For me, the priority is the environment, what is sustainable development, and the wealth.

02:03Let's bring in Gerardo Fortuna now has covered this story for Euronews. Good to see you Gerardo.

02:09So, 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

02:39to information necessary for carrying on their tasks. And more strikingly, the figures, which

02:47is what matters, numbers, were shared with commissioners themselves only a few minutes

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

02:55So, you've covered many budgets. Looking at this draft proposal, what are the main characteristics?

03:04What 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, where

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

03:19increasing energy prices. The EU needs more agility. And that's the main characteristic.

03:25moving money from one path to another, when it's needed. And the other one, of course,

03:31is simplification. We used to have over 50 funds, now we have just fewer. Cohesion policies,

03:39so regional funding, and commercial policy, EU farming subsidies, will be merged into a single

03:46pot.

03:47So, what happens next? When will the final budget be approved?

03:50So, it will be a long and highly likely difficult road ahead. Now, the Danish presidency of the

03:56EU Council is supposed to come up with what we call Nego Box. So, a negotiation piece of paper

04:03to start the talks between EU leaders by December, the next EU summit in December. And then, of course,

04:13has some major countries like Germany already expressed concerns. It's going to take one or

04:19probably two years. There's also the European Parliament involved, but the Parliament just

04:23had to sign off. They can't amend, so they just have to approve the final deal as it goes out from the

04:31EU 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. A merger of traditional

04:44funds that has already been criticised, especially by farmers. 410 billion for competitiveness,

04:50research and innovation. This includes war-related defence infrastructure. Around 200 billion euros for

04:57external action. That includes support for Ukraine. Around 25 billion euros per year will be spent on

05:04paying back the pandemic recovery fund. Joining me now at the European Parliament is Kala Tavares,

05:10member of the Committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control from the Socialists and Democrats from Portugal.

05:17In your opinion, is this a realistic budget proposal that covers all of people's needs adequately?

05:24We think the total amount that we have for the next MFF is not enough, because we have new challenges

05:33in the European Union. We have defence, we have competitiveness, but we still need to work together

05:41in the cohesion, in agri, in employment, in health, in education. So we think it's not enough what we have

05:49in the proposal from the Commission.

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

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

06:06We need to saw the new architecture of the next MFF, but we think it's not good to measure the

06:14the agri programmes, the support to the farmers and the same package that we put the cohesion.

06:24The Parliament doesn't defend this way to the next MFF. We defend that we still have separated the agri

06:32and the cohesion from the agri and the cohesion from the big package that you have and other funds that you have in these areas of the MFF.

06:42We think it's not a good idea. It's not a good way for the future.

06:54And 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. It'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, but at the same time,

07:28have the capacity during old years to invest in these areas to prevent some issues in the future.

07:37Whether 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.

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