EU leaders mentions of aspects of the MFF during the Future of Europe debates

Between January 2018 and April 2019, the European Parliament hosted a series of ‘Future of Europe debates’ during plenary sessions, which offered EU Heads of State or Government the opportunity to clearly state their views on the future of the EU, outlining past and future challenges and identifying policy priorities. The 2021-2027 MFF was one of the issues raised most often in the context of these debates.
As identified in the EPRS study The Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, all but three of the 20 Heads of State or Government who took part in these debates outlined the policy priorities that, in their view, were most deserving of funding under the next MFF (see Figure 4).