The battle for the European budget

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By: Daniel Desesquelle

The European Commission of Ursula von der Leyen has new and big ambitions for the European Union, for example with the Green Pact or digital sovereignty. To carry out these projects, the European Union needs a substantial budget.

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It is currently under discussion in Brussels and in European capitals. But Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, supported by Germany, do not intend to increase the Union's budget. Unlike France and most other countries ...

Will the European Union have the means to achieve its ambition?

Nothing is less certain ... In any case, the battle for the budget has indeed begun ...

With:
- Valérie Hayer , Renaissance Europe MEP (LRM), member of the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets.
More info: here

- Alain Lamassoure , former minister and former MEP
More info: here

- Christian Schubert , Paris correspondent for the daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
His Twitter account: here

- Jean Sébastien Lefebvre , head of the Brussels office of the European policies website Contexte.com .
His Twitter account: here

With Béniamino Morante of Courrier International.

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