Eu budget

To finance its future, Europe needs a bigger, more targeted budget

Without significant changes, the proposed European Union budget for 2028-2034 will fall far short of EU public investment needs

Zsolt Darvas, Costanza Greppi Maturana and Marie-Sophie Lappe

An assessment of the 2028-2034 EU budget’s contribution to closing Europe’s investment gap

National spending flexibility in the next MFF risks leaving most of the European public goods gap unfunded, with financial instruments no substitute

Zsolt Darvas, Costanza Greppi Maturana and Marie-Sophie Lappe

More flexibility needs greater accountability: defence in the 2028-2034 EU budget

EU defence funding is set to grow in the next spending cycle, making better accountability essential before final budget rules are agreed

Javier Ospital and Guntram B. Wolff

State of the Union live

What are Europe’s priorities and how did Ursula Von der Leyen make the EU case?

Rebecca Christie, Elina Ribakova, Simone Tagliapietra and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

Less focus on poverty reduction? An evaluation of the EU 2028-2034 development aid plan

European Union development aid is emphasising poverty reduction less and directing attention to other geopolitical priorities

Costanza Greppi Maturana and Niclas Poitiers

NRPPs and lessons from the RRF delivery model: long-term EU resilience and social cohesion in the context of demographic challenges

Guntram B. Wolff

Testimony at the French Senate Finance Committee

Zsolt Darvas

Financing the EU budget: an assessment of five proposals for new resources

Four of five new European Union budget ‘own resources’ proposed by the European Commission should go ahead with changes; the fifth should be scrapped

Zsolt Darvas and Roel Dom

Hungary’s future

How Hungary’s historic election changes the EU and the economic outlook

Rebecca Christie, Zsolt Darvas and Heather Grabbe

To what extent should regional EU funding be conditional on national reforms?

Zsolt Darvas

National plans, regional voices: cohesion policy in the next European Union budget

NRPPs could raise the EU added value of the 2028–34 budget, but reform conditions and decision-making must better reflect regional needs

Zsolt Darvas, Marie-Sophie Lappe, Bo Sangers and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

The link between the European Semester and the next EU budget

Zsolt Darvas

Europe’s looming budget fight

The EU Parliament’s Johan Van Overtveldt and Bruegel's Zsolt Darvas lay out the two years of tough talks ahead

Rebecca Christie, Zsolt Darvas and Johan Van Overtveldt