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Tag: budget review

Parliament defies EU countries over long-term budget - 09 June 2011 - News

A freeze on the 2014-2020 budget will not be possible unless agreed policies are slashed, the European Parliament said in a vote yesterday (8 June), challenging countries that want to freeze the EU's long-term spending to reflect austerity at home.

Buzek: Freezing the EU budget is 'very dangerous' - 24 January 2011 - News

Freezing the European Union's budget as demanded by some countries would be "very dangerous" as the EU needs greater investments to overcome the economic crisis, said European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek in an exclusive interview with EurActiv.

EU budget 'must respect difficult times': Wallis MEP - 04 November 2010 - News

Europe must respect "difficult times" by adopting a budget that reflects austerity measures being introduced by national governments, European Parliament Vice-President Diana Wallis told EurActiv Slovakia in a wide-ranging interview. 

Wallis MEP: EU budget 'must respect difficult times' - 04 November 2010 - Interview

Europe must respect "difficult times" by adopting a budget that reflects austerity measures being introduced by national governments, European Parliament Vice-President Diana Wallis told EurActiv Slovakia in a wide-ranging interview. 

Tories rebuke Cameron on EU power 'repatriation' - 02 November 2010 - News

Three quarters (74%) of Conservative Party members think UK Prime Minister David Cameron missed an opportunity last week to repatriate powers from Brussels to London and slash the EU budget, a poll reveals.  

French MPs divided over taxes for EU budget - 21 October 2010 - News

French parliamentarians are divided on whether to change the way the European Union is financed after the European Commission presented proposals this week to give the EU its own resources to fund the budget. EurActiv France reports.

Hahn: 'I want regional policy to keep its current budget' - 04 October 2010 - Interview

EU regional policy is the best way to transform the 'Europe 2020' economic goals into concrete achievements, and it will need to keep its current chunk of the EU budget to do so, according to EU Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

Brussels wants to increase EU’s own budget - 21 September 2010 - News

The European Commission is considering boosting the role played by the EU's own resources in the next budgetary cycle, the institution's vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview. 

Šefčovič: 'Debate on net recipients and contributors is unhealthy' - 21 September 2010 - Interview

The European Commission is considering boosting the role played by the EU's own resources in the next budgetary cycle, the institution's vice-president, Maroš Šefčovič, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview. 

France, Germany at odds with Brussels over budget - 25 August 2010 - News

Germany and France have joined forces in opposition to EU budget hikes and the suggestion of EU-wide taxes to plug funding gaps. However, the EU executive has dismissed media reports of a European tax, saying "there is no such paper or proposal".

Experts seek to lift taboo on European budget - 10 June 2010 - News

While EU finance ministers squabble over European Commission demands that national governments must send their budgets to the EU executive for review before they are sent to national parliaments, MEPs and experts have drawn up strategic proposals to create the momentum for a political debate on the EU budget.

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