The European Commission has presented its proposal for its next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-2034, with almost EUR 2 trillion of spending commitments. The new MFF shifts the EU’s policy focus towards competitiveness and industry, with less focus on components such as social policy and health. For example, despite calls from civil society, there is no reference to a stand-alone health programme. However, there is a proposal to double the budget of the next research framework programme.
Other featurefeatures of the new MFF:
• The budget is intended to be streamlined and harmonised, to ensure that accessing funding opportunities is made easier.
• The introduction national and regional partnership plans for investments and reforms, to create targeted impact for economic, social and territorial cohesion.
• A greater focus on competitiveness, with particular focus on supply chains, scaling-up of innovation and technological development.
• A greater package of own resource measures to raise revenue for the EU, to minimise pressure on national finances. Full details on the Commission’s proposals are available at:
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/eu-budget/long-term-eu…