The restructuring of the EU budget for the Multiannual Financial Framework (2028-2034) has been initiated by the European Commission, which, in order to simplify it, plans to replace its hundreds of programmes with 27 national plans, specific to each Member State, according to a DG Budget working document consulted by our colleagues at Politicolast week (see EUROPE B13498A11), and which we discuss in this interview.
This change would confirm Ursula von der Leyen’s desire to move from a...