OE: There is a case for reforming the long-term EU budget

14 Nov 2019 11:06 AM

On 21 October, Open Europe's Pieter Cleppe gave evidence to the German Parliament's EU Affairs Committee on the long-term EU budget 2021-2027.

In his statement to German MPs, Cleppe argues that the new long term EU budget, or “Multiannual financial framework “ (MFF) already amounts to more than 1 Trillion euro over seven years.  Certain cuts are planned for agricultural and regional spending, but he recommends imposing more drastic cuts..

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