EU Citizens Give Recommendations for a Stronger EU Budget

On Wednesday, the European Commission gave its green light to Belgium's multiannual budget plan. ...

EU Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin calls for more room for manoeuvre in the planning of European spending and more own sources of money for the Commission in the discussion with the press.

EU citizens ask for environmental push in next budget

The European Union is gearing up for its new budget and, for the first time, has allowed European citizens to propose some areas to focus on. They want the EU to invest more in green economy measures and be more independent in defence. As part of the European Commission’s political priority to push for closer ties between citizens and institutions, the European Citizens’ Panels participated in this phase of the definition of the EU budget. A pan…

Commission welcomes European citizens' recommendations for a stronger EU budget

(Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On 16-18 May, the third and final session of the European Citizens’ Panel on the new EU long-term budget took place in Brussels. For the first time, a group of 150 randomly selected citizens from all 27 EU Member States have brought forward bringing their ideas for a sustainable and flexible long-term EU budget. This diverse panel has been discussing w…

EU citizens give recommendations for a stronger EU budget

The recommendations are out from the final European Citizens’ Panel on the new EU long-term budget. After debate, 150 EU citizens concluded that the new European budget should focus on the environment, economic success, equal access to healthcare, renewable energy and AI, among other issues. Source link