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Major European Parliament groups rejected the Irish EU presidency’s proposed 2028-34 budget on Monday, opposing deep cuts and threatening to block an agreement.

Der Spiegel
EU budget talks: EPP leader Manfred Weber takes a stand against Merz

The EU is arguing over the budget for 2028 to 2034. The fault lines are not only between donor and recipient countries. Even the European Parliament thinks the calls for cuts go too far.

EU budget talks: EPP leader Manfred Weber takes a stand against Merz
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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
EU budget: Merz may have to veto if necessary

For Chancellor Merz, the compromise proposal for the EU budget is a defeat. The planned modernization is in danger, and the spending is far too high.

EU budget: Merz may have to veto if necessary
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Die Presse
EU Budget: bashed, dissed, hated [premium]

If the EU wants to keep promoting the tried-and-true while saving, there will be little money for innovations. If instead it wants to promote innovations and save, then only at the expense of the tried-and-true. And if it wants to give up nothing, it cannot save at the same time.

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Público
10% cut in science funding in the EU's new budget proposal

The new framework programme for the 2028-2034 period proposed by the European Commission will amount to 158 billion euros, 17 billion less than what was proposed last year.

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Der Standard
EU Parliament presidents oppose new budget proposal

On Saturday the Irish presidency of the Council presented a proposal for the next multiannual EU budget with significant reductions.

EU Parliament presidents oppose new budget proposal
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Politico Europe
The EU budget battle just got nastier

Germany has rejected Ireland's proposal for the EU's next seven-year budget, despite €159 billion in cuts. And it's not alone: Governments are divided over where the cuts should fall, while the European Parliament is threatening to block the deal. Zoya Sheftalovich and Nick Vinocur unpack the backlash and what it means for this week's EU [...]

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HotNews
Major political groups in the European Parliament reject proposal for a huge cut in the EU budget: 'Deep consternation'

The position of the MEPs adds to the criticism issued by the European Commission after the proposal made on Saturday by the Irish presidency of the European Union. The most important political groups in the European Parliament—the European People's Party (EPP), Socialists and Democrats (S&D), Renew Europe and the Greens—announced on Monday that they reject and are even astonished by the proposal for the EU's future budget …

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Die Presse
The EU Budget Needs a Three-Way Balancing Act [premium]

If the EU wants to continue funding the tried-and-true while saving, there will be little money for innovations. If it wants to promote innovations and save money, it will do so only at the expense of the tried-and-true. And if it wants to have everything, it cannot save at the same time.

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Die Presse
Ride of the Valkyries: The EU budget negotiations will be a big drama

If the EU wants to continue funding the old while saving, there is little money for innovations. If it wants to promote innovations and save, that comes at the expense of the old. And if it wants to have everything, it cannot save at the same time.

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Der Spiegel
EVP leader Manfred Weber opposes Friedrich Merz - Talks on EU budget

The EU is disputing the budget for 2028 to 2034. The fronts are not only between donor and recipient countries. The European Parliament also finds the calls for cuts excessive.

EVP leader Manfred Weber opposes Friedrich Merz - Talks on EU budget
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La Repubblica
Flexibility and the budget maneuver: there is room only for energy and defense

Beyond the €14 billion provided by the EU, it will be difficult to find additional cover. The debt crisis is biting, and cutting other spending is unpopular: thus there is nothing left for taxes, pensions, and businesses.

Flexibility and the budget maneuver: there is room only for energy and defense
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Die Presse
All hate the Irish EU budget proposal [premium]

1.622 trillion euros for 2027 to 2034 are still too much for net payer states and too little for the European Parliament and the group of net recipients. The European Council this week will not allow a substantive debate about it.

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