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The Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020: A budget for Europe 2020

The European Commission presented its proposal for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020. This marks the beginning of negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU (the member states), which have to agree on the principles, priorities and concrete numbers until the autumn of 2012. This will be one of the hottest issues next year, in the context of the economic challenges, the Union is facing, and the serious differences between the positions of Parliament and Council on key issues. In general, Parliament calls for a budget increase to meet the commitments of the Union under the Europe 2020 strategy. The Commission proposal expresses the same spirit. Member States, however, insist EU budget to reflect the austerity measures, implemented at national level, and even to be frozen until 2020. euinside will follow the progress of negotiations and will present in detail both the Commission's proposal and the positions of Parliament and Council, as we did in terms of the current MFF 2007-2013.

14 March 2013 11:21 The European Parliament Wants To Be Taken Seriously

With 506 votes "for", 161 "against" and 23 abstentions the European Parliament showed its teeth on March 13th by rejecting the deal for the multiannual budget of the Community for the period 2014-2020. This move was expected as the Europarliament was threatening with a veto ever since the begin ...

5 February 2013 18:53 EU Budget 2014-2020: Deal or No Deal

A lot of time passed since the first special EU summit dedicated on the multiannual financial framework for the period 2014-2020. In the mean time it became clear that the eurozone will not have a common budget or at least not in a foreseeable future; there will be a single supervisory mechanis ...

22 November 2012 14:29 Negotiations on Budget 2014-2020 - A Catharsis for the EU

In the very beginning of the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) of the EU for the period 2014-2020, the most controversial moment among the member states was where the negotiations should start from - top-down (meaning from the total amount of the budget first and then the ...

10 October 2012 10:29 Wanted: Members for the Group "Friends of Growth"

A lot of ambition but a little possibilities there were at the summit in Bratislava last week of 15 EU member states and Croatia (which is to become a full fledged member of the Community on July 1st, 2013). In the Slovak capital, on October 5th gathered prime ministers and representatives of Bu ...

3 October 2012 12:46 Tomislav Donchev: The Cohesion Policy Is the Art of Investing in Shared Benefits for All Countries

Bulgaria is preparing to begin absorbing funds as early as of 2014 from the EU 2014-2020 budget, the negotiations on which are now entering a decisive phase, the country's Minister for EU Funds Management Tomislav Donchev told euinside in an interview. The country could enter the next programmi ...

12 February 2013 19:38 The Deal for the EU Budget Framework 2014-2020: Disunited in Uniformity

Unlike previous negotiations on the seven-year financial framework of the European Union, this time there was no thrill, no matter that the last summit continued a little over 24 hours. Although, at first glance, many similarities can be seen with previous negotiations, there are many big and e ...

30 November 2012 17:09 The EU Has again Shot Itself in the Foot with Budget 2014-2020

The failure of the special EU summit for Budget 2014-2020 is not simply a failure of the EU leaders to agree about money. It is about something much deeper that has been emerging clearer for quite some time - the internal EU conflict. The conflict between the EU of the institutions and the EU of ...

23 October 2012 16:45 Nothing Is Agreed Until Everything Is Agreed

On November 5th, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy will begin a tour in the EU member states for last consultations on the national positions before a key and extraordinary EU summit on November 22-23, dedicated entirely on the negotiations on EU Budget 2014-2020, at the moment entire ...

8 October 2012 10:11 Parliament Might Step Back for Budget 2014-2020

It is not acceptable to ask a horizontal reduction of all European policies because some of them cannot work with less money. This is what Ivailo Kalfin said, a Bulgarian MEP from the group of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament in an interview with euinside. Mr Kalin is one of ...

27 September 2012 11:42 The MFF Negotiating Box Has Been Changed, but Not the Positions

The Cyprus Presidency of the EU tried to unblock the negotiations on the next seven-year European budget, but so far with no success. As a result of consultations with the Member States during the summer, it submitted a revised "negotiating box" - the document on the basis of which the Multiannu ...

 
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Adelina Marini
#euco The European Parliament will begin in a few minutes discussing the key EU summit on June 27-28. Stay tuned for live updates on this website
12 June 2013 10:13
Adelina Marini #euco The debate on the preparations of the EU summit in the end of the month has just ended. The main priorities of the summit, according to the Presidency and the Commission should be fighting youth unemployment and boosting economic growth. The MEPs, however, raised several more issues they believe need to be addressed urgently: fast conclusion of the negotiations on the 2014-2020 MFF with the EP positions taken into account; the decision of the Greek government to close the state-owned ERT also caused severe debate; also touched was the topic about the need to emphasise on the community approach and reduce the intergovernmental one
12 June 2013 13:01
Adelina Marini
Very warm welcoming and quite a full house for the address of #Slovenia's President Borut Pahor in the European Parliament.
11 June 2013 13:05
Adelina Marini We need a genuine European government, a genuine European Parliament with the same powers as the national ones, with a strong european central bank, Pahor said but refused to elaborate further. The Slovenes, though, want to be able to speak their own language, this is not about a melting pot
11 June 2013 13:51
Adelina Marini
#Latvia is ready to adopt the euro on January 1st 2014, the European Commission has decided. The European Parliament is yet to be consulted on the matter and the issue will be discussed by the EU leaders at their summit in end-June on the basis of a recommendation by the finance ministers. According to European Commission Vice President Olli Rehn, Latvia's desire to join the eurozone is a signal for the confidence in the common currency
5 June 2013 14:37
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