On Thursday 11 October, the European Court of Auditors adopted a fairly scathing opinion on the European Commission's proposals on own resources for the multiannual financial framework (MFF) of the EU 2021-2027. It considers that the proposals are overly complex.
"EU financing has not had a major overhaul for 30 years", said Eva Lindström, the member of the Court responsible for the opinion. "Parts of the proposal will help to simplify the system, for example, the simplification of the VAT...