The European Commission published new data on Tuesday 5 November intended to call on Member States to stop thinking in terms of ‘fair return’ in the highly sensitive debate on the EU’s multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027.
The Commission considers the concept of net balances to be totally “outdated”. The share of funds allocated to the common agricultural policy (CAP) and cohesion is constantly declining in favour of the new priorities, for which it is much more...