The European Parliament has defined the priorities of the new EU budget

The European Parliament has defined new priorities for the EU budget

According to hvylya.net: Rapporteur of the European Parliament Siegfried Mureșan stated that security and competitiveness should become the main priorities in the new financial framework of the EU for the period after 2027. At the same time, it is important to maintain support for the agricultural policy and cohesion policy.

'We acknowledge that the European Union has new priorities, so we define security and defense on one side and competitiveness on the other as new priorities', emphasized the rapporteur.

According to the requirements of the European Parliament, the common agricultural policy and cohesion policy should remain important sectors with separate budgets and legal frameworks. The European Parliament categorically rejects any attempts to 'rationalize' the EU budget.

'We will reject any attempts to turn the EU budget into an ATM for 27 different national interests', noted the MEP.

Members also abandoned the idea of introducing 'single national plans', which could harm traditional EU priorities. With the emergence of new tasks, the size of the new budget is expected to increase, which may become a debated issue during future discussions.

The necessity of justifying the budget increase

The increase in expenditures must be well justified and reasonable in proportions, Mureșan expressed his position. It is also important to convince member states of the benefits of increasing contributions to the budget for the implementation of joint European projects.

'The EU must prove that increasing contributions to the budget will lead to greater returns through implementing projects that no single country can work on alone', he emphasized.

During the meeting of the European Parliament, key priorities for the EU budget after 2027 were identified, in particular increasing attention to security, competitiveness, support for agricultural policy, and cohesion policy. Deputies also called for a well-justified increase in the budget and convincing member states of the benefits of such contributions.