Civil society actors and the European Parliament state that the Council decisions about the EU multiannual budget are not acceptable, and that mobilization and institutional discussions have to redress its shortcomings and ill-directions. ECF considers that the present Council decision about the Multiannual Financial Framework and the Next Generation EU funding does not reflect people’s expectations amid the crisis, and it is not conducive to consolidate European citizenship. The Parliament also deplores the priority given to national interests and the intergovernmental method; the reduction in resources; the exclusion of the management of the Agreement; the lack of budgetary constraints on respect for the fundamental values of the EU; the compensation benefit given to some states; the reduction in resources with cuts in funds for fundamental and strategic priorities and programs. Read more here.
Source: European Civic Forum