Eu budget

Can the Dutch tail wag the EU budgetary dog?

A new pro-European government in the Netherlands could set a beneficial example by departing from traditional Dutch stinginess on the EU budget

Roel Beetsma and Marco Buti

The European Parliament gets it wrong on the European Commission’s 2028-2034 budget

Rather than protecting outdated programmes, MEPs should push for a larger EU budget and safeguards to match strategic goals

Marco Buti

What should Europe pay for?

The EU’s next seven-year budget grapples with agriculture, defence and public goods

Rebecca Christie, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard and Zsolt Darvas

CORE concerns: why a turnover-based levy is wrong for the EU budget

A plan to raise EU revenues from companies benefitting from the single market would create risks and distortions, and should be withdrawn

Zsolt Darvas, Roel Dom and Marie-Sophie Lappe

EU budget proposal: right priorities, too little ambition

European Commission proposals for the next multiannual EU budget contain some good ideas but fall far short of the needed radical rethink

Zsolt Darvas

European Union fiscal rules: it’s already time to reform the reform

The EU should tweak its recent fiscal rule reform, capitalising on new realities to make improvements

Lucio Pench

Europe should innovate on defence, play it safe on debt

Strengthening existing safe assets should be a strategic priority for any new joint borrowing

Rebecca Christie

Bigger, better funded and focused on public goods: how to revamp the European Union budget

Zsolt Darvas, Roel Dom, Marie-Sophie Lappe, Pascal Saint-Amans and Armin Steinbach

Who You Call When You Call Europe

Rebecca Christie

Boosting EU budget revenues with a defence spending shortfall levy

The European Union’s defence spending laggards could be asked to pay more into the common budget

Armin Steinbach, Zsolt Darvas, Roel Dom and Pascal Saint-Amans

Unlocking the Own Resources Debate – Debt and Competitiveness

Testimony to the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets

Rebecca Christie

Unlocking the Own Resources Debate - State of Play

Testimony to the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets

Zsolt Darvas