INSTITUTIONAL / Interview budget

For new own resources, “not having common projects will be very expensive for Europeans”, says José Manuel Fernandes

Brussels, 08/05/2023 (Agence Europe)

MEPs will vote next Wednesday on a second basket of new own resources for the EU budget(see EUROPE B13164A28) to replenish the Union’s coffers and, in particular, to repay the borrowing costs associated with the Next Generation EU strategy (estimated at €15 billion per year until 2058). 

This basket of own resources includes a new fair border mechanism, a European taxation of crypto-currencies, the use of part of the revenues from the future harmonisation of corporate tax in Europe...