France hunts for new EU taxes to fund €2T budget

Paris is looking for fresh levies on foreign companies in order to reduce national contributions to the bloc’s budget.

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📢 The EU’s 🆘 #disaster safety net 🆘 has some loose threads, the auditors say. #rescEU has become an important back-up for Europe’s disaster response, but it shows some weaknesses.

🚨 €2.9 billion allocated to rescEU from the 2021-2027 #EUbudget
🚨 #Funding not always directly linked to identified needs
🚨 #Sustainability of funded projects beyond their end date is not assured

🔗 Read the report 👇
https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/SR-2026-17

🆕#Razpis 👉1,1 mrd evrov za izgradnjo in posodobitev prometne infrastrukture v vseevropskem prometnem omrežju (TEN-T). To je zadnji tovrstni razpis v okviru sedanjega #CEFTransport #EUBudget 2021–2027. Prijave do: 6. 10. 2026 @cinea_EU ℹ️https://cinea.ec.europa.eu/news-events/news/cef-transport-eu11-billion-available-infrastructure-projects-across-eu-2026-06-19_en
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CEF Transport: €1.1 billion available for infrastructure projects across the EU

CEF Transport: €1.1 billion available for infrastructure projects across the EU

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

RT by @EU_EESC: How can #EUbudget deliver better results with greater transparency?

NEW @EU_EESC opinion calls for stronger performance framework, smarter expenditure tracking, and robust social conditionalities.

📄Opinion: http://link.europa.eu/7kmJc9
👥Rapporteurs Diamantouros & Biegon explain👇

How can #EUbudget deliver better results with greater transparency?

NEW @EU_EESC opinion calls for stronger performance framework, smarter expenditure tracking, and robust social conditionalities.

📄Opinion: link.europa.eu/7kmJc9
👥Rapporteurs Diamantouros & Biegon explain👇

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EU Budget expenditure tracking and performance framework

Key pointsThe EESC:

European Economic and Social Committee

How can #EUbudget deliver better results with greater transparency?

NEW @EU_EESC opinion calls for stronger performance framework, smarter expenditure tracking, and robust social conditionalities.

📄Opinion: link.europa.eu/7kmJc9
👥Rapporteurs Diamantouros & Biegon explain👇

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📢 The @EU_Commission’s #AntiFraud strategy covers the main elements needed to protect the #EUbudget, but the related action plans are often not ambitious enough, the auditors say.
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#news ⚡ Merz will EU-Budget deutlich senken: Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) will den mittelfristigen Finanzrahmen der Europäischen Union ab 2028 drastisch senken."Der auf dem... https://hubu.de/?p=331748 | #eubudget #merz #hubu
Merz will EU-Budget deutlich senken - Hubu.de - News & FreeMail

Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU) will den mittelfristigen Finanzrahmen der Europäischen Union ab 2028 drastisch senken. "Der auf dem Tisch liegende Vorschlag ist deutlich zu hoch", sagte Merz am Freitag beim Europäischen Rat in Brüssel.

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📢 The @EUCommission’s #AntiFraud strategy covers the main elements needed to protect the #EUbudget, but the related action plans are often not ambitious enough, the auditors say.

Key findings:
💸 Commission and EU member states together manage an annual budget of up to €200 billion
📝 Anti-fraud strategy suffers from some flaws in risk assessment
🎯 Action plans often lack ambition to meet the strategy’s objectives

🔗 Read the report 👇
https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications/SR-2026-18

Danes se na uradnem obisku v Sloveniji mudi 🇪🇺komisar @EUCssrMcGrath.

Dan je začel s srečanjem z najvišjimi predstavniki @vrhovno in Sodnega sveta, kjer beseda tekla o ključni vlogi sodstva za zagotavljanje vladavine prava, tudi v luč prihodnjega #EUBudget.
#RuleofLaw
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EU leaders meet to tackle economy and security threats — live updates

Competitiveness, geopolitical uncertainty and the future of EU spending top the agenda.

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