The discussions around the EU budget in 2020 should now be on Monday continued, as the Finnish EU-announced presidency. It should be until midnight, then no agreement is reached, it must submit to the EU Commission, a new draft budget.
The German Finance state Secretary Bettina Hagedorn was, however, optimistic that this will not be necessary. “The Council and the European Parliament will not diverge after today’s round of Negotiations in their positions,” said the SPD politician. It was generally agreed to increase spending for climate protection, research and development and the ongoing challenges in the field of Migration. The remaining differences seemed unbridgeable.
The Rapporteur of the European Parliament Monika Hohlmeier, was also confident. “We feel obliged to deliver on Monday,” said the CSU politician. You mentioned the topics of climate, youth, and digitization priorities of the Parliament.
payouts as a point of contention
a point of contention in the negotiations is the question of how much money is to be scheduled for payments from the budget. The EU-Parliament calls for the least amount of 159,1 billion euros, while the member States only want to grant 153,1 billion euros.
The States argue that they want to have for unforeseen events, a Reserve in the amount of four billion euros. They could be used, for example, when it should be an unregulated Brexit or Turkey must be made more money for the care of Syrian refugees. The Parliament, however, is of the view that a Reserve in the amount of 400 million euros would be enough – if necessary, there should be retaining extra money.
Germany contributes as the largest net contributor to the Union, more than a fifth of the EU’s budget. The funds will be spent, among other things, for programs in areas such as agriculture, education, and research. (sda)
Created: 16.11.2019, 04:13 PM
