Von Der Leyen proposes the most flexible, simple and strategic “emergency budget”
the European Union And it must “adapt its budget to a world that is no longer 2020.” This was on Tuesday the notification of the committee chairman, Ursula von der Lin, at the annual budget conference, which was also attended by the Spanish Minister of Economy, Carlos Board. The German said: “Our budget is more than just a set of money and criteria. Because I saw it turning life and ways to live.” Which claimed that the following accounts are “simpler and less hard”To be able to act as an “emergency force” in the face of global challenges.
“Our current budget is designed for a world that no longer exists. The world of 2020” is designedThe leader of the community executive said in his speech. Von Der Leyen warned that geopolitical tensions, the new reality of commercial rules and climate change requires a more flexible budget structure. “The new natural” is not normal, “said the new natural, including the urgent need to update the MFF financial framework (MFF) to this new reality.
Von Der Leyen knows that the European Union needs more resources. “We are working today with flexibility that represents less than 4 % of the financial frame. This is very small and partial“I regret it. With examples such as natural disasters and rapid technological development, von der Lin stressed that uncertainty is sent in an era like the current era.” He said it is impossible to determine today as innovation will take us at the end of the next budget cycle.
On the other hand, the chairman of the committee recalled that many companies abandon the European money for excessive bureaucracy. “I know that startups that decided not to request our financing, because 20 % of the final support will be in the application process,” he explained in a message that was actually an incentive to be able to make graceful decisions. So, He announced the establishment of a European competitive fundWith “one entrance door” and simplified rules to support strategic sectors such as artificial intelligence, space and biotechnology.
He also had space to open the door to the news in the following budget. This is that Ursula von der Lin reiterated the need for new sources of funding: “It is clear that national budgets cannot assume the burden on themselves.” Thus, the president called for progress in new resources for the European Union, stressing that the budget was a “real power of good”, capable of financing 33 Nobel Prize, and supporting young people with Erasmus and the economies that have shifted. “We want this success story to continue.”
