“In the future, we will argue in favour of a single budget”, said Siegfried Mureșan (EPP, Romanian) on Tuesday 18 March. The MEP says he supports the RearmEU defence funding project (see EUROPE B13592A1) proposed by the European Commission, even if it takes place outside the framework of the EU budget.
The €800 billion proposed to fund European defence as a matter of urgency is outside of the EU budget. “We don’t like it in Parliament, but there is no alternative at the...