EPP Group rejects Council’s MFF budget proposal

"We reject the Council’s proposal, which is simply not fit for today’s realities," declared Siegfried Mureșan MEP, EPP Group Vice-President and the Parliament’s chief negotiator on the next long-term EU budget, as the Cypriot Council Presidency presented the negotiating box on the next MFF. 

"By cutting the Commission's proposal overall by 2%, it suggests that Europe's challenges require less action, not more. Rather than putting forward a toothless budget, we should engage in a discussion about new EU own resources.

Europe cannot continue asking farmers, workers, and taxpayers to shoulder a greater burden while billionaires such as Elon Musk continue to profit from the Single Market without making a fair contribution in return. 

We can correct this with new own resources, such as a digital levy. We want a moderate 10% increase in the budget in order to finance both traditional and new priorities. The Council must reach a common position as soon as possible so that we can reach an agreement before the end of this year,” Muresan stressed.