The EU’s next long-term budget needs to be flexible, simpler, and better targeted. In essence, the priorities developed by the European Commission in its ‘Roadmap’ confirm what was already announced at the end of January by the European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Piotr Serafin, before the European Parliament (see EUROPE B13568A24), and in October 2024 in his mission statement (see EUROPE B13511A18).
The main issue with regard to the next...