The European Commission says that new public procurement rules would allow more flexibility in choosing the best offer, stopping the “race to the bottom” for the lowest bid.
Six European airlines received âŽ10.9bn in free emissions allowances under the EU’s emissions trading scheme, according to new research, as aviation is set to be one of the main battlegrounds in a proposed reform to the system.
Two of parliament’s lead negotiators told EUobserver that they are not impressed by calls from some member states to ‘do more while calling for a weaker budget’
The Irish EU-presidency has prepared a document hoping to âaid considerationâ and smooth over differences that have gridlocked negotiations since June.
As the EU pushes to simplify its labyrinth of departments as well as its next budget, the directorate for urban and regional development is set to face severe restructuring – possibly jeopardising Brussels’ ties to local governments across the bloc.
Palantir’s software is now used by French intelligence, German police, the Dutch defence bodies and the Spanish military. They’ve just opened an office in Brussels – yet their global effective tax rate was just 1.4 percent.
Under the current EU budget, social spending through ESF+ amounts to nearly âŽ96bn. According to internal calculations made by European Parliament services, total social spending could fall under the next MFF to between âŽ63bn and âŽ87bn.
Budget negotiations for the EU’s 2028-2034 framework hope to win over member states with increased agency on border and security funding – which could leave room for human rights abuses to continue far from Brussels’ scrutiny
Extending the EU’s recovery and resilience funds (RRF) would add flexibility to the 2028â2034 EU budget negotiations, raise the chances of agreement before yearâs end, and preserve EU leverage over reforms in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Romania at a sensitive moment.
EU budget commissioner Piotr Serafin warned “the alternative to European spending is more national spending” – adding that defence, energy security and research “will have to be financed one way or another.â
EU Council president AntÃģnio Costa has set an end-of-year deadline for the next budget – but negotiators say there is only a “50-50 chance” of success.
EU leaders will hold their first formal discussion on Friday, after the Cypriot presidency tabled the first so-called ânegoboxâ, a draft document setting out possible spending compromises.
The 27 EU heads of state or government will gather in Brussels on Thursday to discuss the future budget of the European Union. So what are the possible outcomes for the EU’s next long-term budget?
There are seven months left for European countries to reach an agreement on the EU budget. But negotiations are moving very slowly. So what is at stake for Europeans?
Because transparency rules are weak, it remains difficult to tell what âŽ577bn in Covid-spending has achieved and who ultimately received it.
The European Parliament has proposed a âŽ2 trillion budget for 2028-2034 that includes funding for civil society – which have come under sustained attacked over the past two years.
Guaranteeing persons with disabilities to have support in society, good education, a job and access to all areas, versus just supporting actions that segregate and make us invisible. That is what is at stake in the negotiations for the next EU budget, and we are not off to a good start.
