Tag Archives: EU budget

EU Council: extra time given to member states to pay exceptionally high additional contributions to the EU budget

Brussels, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Member states that have to pay exceptionally high additional contributions to the EU budget as a result of the annual revision of their VAT and GNI data may request to defer their contributions until 1 September of … Read the full press release

Bank supervision would be “more effective at EU level”, Eurobarometer poll

Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Over half of EU citizens feel that banks should be regulated by the EU, rather than national governments. Half also believe that they would be better protected against the economic crisis if their countries coordinated … Read the full press release

The negotiations on the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) are in full swing

Making sense of the MFF/ budget 2014/ amending budgets 2013 maze Brussels, 12-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The negotiations on the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) are in full swing. As a rule, MFF negotiations are immensely complex as they encompass everything the … Read the full press release

MFF 2014-2020 negotiations: “Let us look beyond purely inter institutional dimension of these negotiations”

Brussels, 22-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Highlights of EU Commissioner for Budget and Financial programming Janusz Lewandowski’s speech at today’s EU General Affairs Council meeting. The debate was on the state of negotiations on the EU’s next financial period (MFF 2014-2020) On … Read the full press release

Progress on 2013 annual budget paves way to start long-term budget negotiations on the Multiannual Financial Framework

7-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the President of the European Commission met in Brussels on 6 May to discuss budgetary matters. They agreed on key points … Read the full press release

EC claims €230m of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States

Brussels, 3-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A total of €230 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts … Read the full press release

Janusz Lewandowski on MFF 2014-2020: “Everything is now on the table to conclude the negotiations”

Brussels, 26-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — “EU Member States have sent very positive signals that could trigger the start of the final round of negotiations on the next financial period (MFF 2014-2020) between the Member States and the European Parliament this week”. This … Read the full press release

The Commission welcomes EP’s decision to grant discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the 2011 EU budget

Strasbourg, 17-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Algirdas Šemeta, Commissioner responsible for Taxation, Customs, Statistics, Audit and Anti-Fraud, said: “The decision by the European Parliament to grant discharge to the Commission is recognition of our consistent effort over the years to improve the management and … Read the full press release

CoR & Martin Schulz: Agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework must be reached before the summer

Brussels, 12-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — During the Committee of Regions (CoR) 100th plenary President Ramon Luis Valcárcel presented Europe’s cities and regions priorities to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz. Mr Valcárcel said in the current political phase, “In order to … Read the full press release