Written by Marcin Grajewski,

The European Commission has made proposals for the new long-term budget and on own resources for the European Union. The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 is slightly bigger than the current MFF, in constant prices. The budget proposal takes into account the shortfall on the revenue side caused by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, on the one hand, and the growing need to finance new priorities, on the other. The Commission proposes to increase funds for such areas as competitiveness, migration and security, and to reduce spending on traditional policies, such as cohesion and agriculture. For the first time, the Commission proposes to make the availability of funds dependent on the respect for the rule of law and EU values in recipient countries.
This note offers links to a selection of recent commentaries, studies and reports from some of the major international think tanks and research institutes, which discuss the EU’s long-term budget and related reforms. More reports on the topics are available in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking’, published in March.
Budget de l’Union européenne: Quel compromis possible entre la France et l’Allemagne?
Fondation Robert Schuman, June 2018
Budget européen: Le bal des hypocrites
Mouvement européen, June 2018
The MFF proposal: What’s new, what’s old, what’s next?
Notre Europe, Bertelsmann Stiftung, May 2018
New priorities for the EU
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, May 2018
What to know about the EU’s new budget
Chatham House, May 2018
On the future of the European Union
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, May 2018
Should the EU budget have a stabilisation function?
Centre for European Policy Studies, May 2018
The Commission’s proposal for the next MFF: A glass half-full
Bruegel, May 2018
The battle over Europe’s budget
Centre for European Reform, May 2018
Allen Behauptungen zum Trotz: Die Gemeinsame Agrarpolitik hat kaum Entwicklungswirkungen
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, May 2018
Der nächste Mehrjährige Finanzrahmen: Reaktionen auf den Vorschlag der Europäischen Kommission
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, May 2018
The next EU budget: Firmly rooted in the past?
European Policy Centre, May 2018
The Multiannual Financial Framework, where continuity is the radical response
Centre for European Policy Studies, May 2018
EU funds for migration, asylum and integration policies
Bruegel, May 2018
Agriculture in Europe: Greener practices and a brighter future for the sector
European Policy Centre, May 2018
What does Europe care about? Watch where it spends
Bruegel, May 2018
New EMU stabilisation tool within the MFF will have minimal impact without deeper EU budget reform
Bruegel, May 2018
How large is the proposed decline in EU agricultural and cohesion spending?
Bruegel, May 2018
The EU budget after Brexit: Reform not revolution
Centre for European Reform, April 2018
The European budget talks: Financial threat to a global Europe
European Council on Foreign Relation, April 2018
Common or own goals: Reforming the financing of the European Union
Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, April 2018
The EU budget: The Union risks having the wrong debate
Centre for European Reform, April 2018
A done deal? Why innovation could struggle to be a priority in the next MFF
Jacques Delors Institut Berlin, April 2018
No escape from politics: Four tests for a successful fiscal instrument in the euro area
Notre Europe, Bertelsmann Stiftung, March 2018
For a regional solidarity policy after 2020
Notre Europe, March 2018
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: Easing the pain from trade?
Bruegel, March 2018
Rethinking the European Union’s post-Brexit budget priorities
Bruegel, March 2018
EU budget post-Brexit: Confronting reality, exploring viable solutions
European Policy Centre, March 2018
Read this briefing on ‘EU Multiannual Financial Framework‘ on the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
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