EU-Haushalt: Neuer Budget-Plan verschärft Streit mit Nettozahlern
Mit wie viel Geld soll der nächste langfristige EU-Haushalt ausgestattet werden? Nun liegt ein neuer Vorschlag vor, der Kanzler Merz nicht gefallen dürfte.
Brussels - Irish President of the Council presented a new draft budget plan for the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFR) for 2028-2034 on Saturday. The so-called "Negotiating Box" reduces the proposed 1.763 trillion euros by the Commission to 1.622 trillion euros. This still represents a 30% increase (in today's prices) compared to the current budget.
The next MFR is controversial due to this enlargement; the so-called frugal net contributors countries - Germany, Denmark, Austria, Finland and the Netherlands - vehemently reject this drastic increase. Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz (CDU) demands a budget reduced by several hundred billion euros. He rejected the new proposal on Saturday: "We are still far from an agreement.
The size of the new proposal is no basis for an agreement." Furthermore, "The EU budget must be affordable for those who bear the main burden of financing." Savings compared to the Commission document are made in the pillars 2 and 3 of the budget - that is, in those areas that include future instruments. Among other things, the European Competitiveness Fund should be reduced.
It is the planned central budget instrument to strengthen industrial competitiveness, technological sovereignty and strategic autonomy for the next budget period.
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