Ursula von der Leyen has proposed changes to her €2 trillion EU budget to empower regional authorities and protect financing for rural areas. The tweaks look to stave off a parliamentary rebellion after a week of tensions.
Breakdown
- The European Commission and Parliament are negotiating the EU's next long-term budget.
- Lawmakers oppose merging the Common Agriculture Policy and Regional Cohesion Policy into a single fund. 19s
- The Commission proposes reinforcing the identity of the Common Agriculture Policy and strengthening the role of regions. 32s
- A rural target is suggested to guarantee minimum agricultural funding, with more say for regional authorities in cohesion fund use. 49s
- The agriculture and regional policy cluster represents 44% of the proposed budget, estimated at nearly 2 trillion euros. 1m 7s