Comienza la batalla por el presupuesto de 2 billones de euros de la UE
La Comisión Europea ha propuesto un presupuesto a largo plazo de 2 billones de euros que, de forma polémica, fusionaría los fondos agrícolas y de cohesión.
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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.
00:54The Commission 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 think it's education, because it's very, very hard in our country.
01:28Let's help the poor people, because there are enough resources to protect themselves.
01:34I know Erasmus Plus and programs like this are always the thing that people think of very fondly when it comes to the EU
01:51and 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 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 reveal spy movies, because it's a classic example of compartmentalization.
02:33So, they divided people working on this dossier into groups, and these groups only had access to information necessary for carrying on their tasks.
02:44And, more strikingly, the figures, which is what matters, numbers, were shared with commissioners themselves only a few minutes before 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?
03:05There's a lot of the lessons that Ursula von der Leyen learned in her first mandate, where she faced unprecedented challenges, like the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, COVID pandemic, increase in energy prices.
03:21The EU needs more agility, and that's the main characteristic, moving 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, 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 a nego box.
04:00So, a negotiation piece of paper to start the talks between EU leaders by December, the NXT 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.
04:47410 billion euros 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 on 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, it'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 in the cohesion, in agri, in employment,
05:44in health, in education, so 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 and the cohesion policy.
06:01This time, they are lumped together and they're facing severe cuts.
06:05Are these justified?
06:07We need to saw the new architecture of the next MFF,
06:11but we think it's not good to measure the agri-programs,
06:17the support to the farmers and the same package that we put to the cohesion.
06:23The Parliament doesn't defend this way to the next MFF.
06:28We defend that we still have separated the agri- and the cohesion
06:34from the big package that you have,
06:36the other old funds that you have in these areas of this MFF.
06:42When you separate the agri- and the cohesion,
06:45you put one and another to fight for the buds.
06:51We think it's not a good idea.
06:53It's not a good way for the future.
06:55And finally, what about investments in the fight against climate change?
06:59Is 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 invest in these areas
07:34to 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
07:47have already rejected the numbers game.
07:50They believe the budget is too big and too expensive.
