budget

Along with the discussion of the revision of the seven-year budget of the European Union (EU), statements that the budget is too big and unnecessary have once again appeared in the public space. Moreover, the EU is now borrowing to run itself because it is unable to make ends meet. It is worth recalling what the EU budget is for and why it is important to have one, writes Vít Havelka, a researcher at Europeum.

EU finance ministers in Brussels discuss a new reform of the fiscal policy and debt reduction rules. Our research fellow Vít Havelka presented the future changes to the legislation in an interview for ČT24.

Our researcher Vít Havelka, in his article "New Sources of the EU Budget", which was created under the Think Visegrad in Brussels project, writes about the new own resources of the EU budget, which are currently being discussed at the European level. The text specifically discusses why the reform of own resources is necessary and what are the positions of the various EU institutions and member states on these proposals. It concludes with a reflection on the Czech position, including an outlook on how it might evolve depending on the course of the negotiations.

Experts from the Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM comment on the EU summit of leaders on the multiannual budget, which took place on 10-11 December 2020 in Brussels.

Christian Kvorning Lassen, Deputy Director of EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy commented on Brussels' promises to delay a possible stop for subsidies for Hungary and Poland due to the rule of law for Respekt.

Our research fellow Vít Havelka is the author of the text responding to Lenka Zlámalová's article published on the Echo Prime platform. It deals with the topic of the status of the Czech Republic within the issue of net payers / net beneficiaries.

EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy cordially invites you to a debate from the Café Evropa series. The debate will focus on EU budget after the coronavirus pandemic. The debate will take place on Tuesday September 8, from 5.30 PM online on Facebook.

Our Vít Havelka commented for ČT24 on the development after the key summit of EU leaders.

The director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy Vladimír Bartovic commented for the news server Aktuálně.cz on the topic of the approach of German Chancellor Angela Merkel towards EU's economic strategy.

Vít Havelka, research fellow in EUROPEUM Institute for European policy, writes in the opinion article for Lidové Noviny about the negotiation of European leaders about the 2021-2027 EU budget and the recovery fund of 750 billion euro.

Our Vít Havelka for Český rozhlas plus talked about the negativa stance of Prime Minister Andrejš Babiš towards the European union's recovery budget.

Our Vít Havelka for Euroactiv about the new EU budget, which besides the massive investments in the economic recovery or into the financial support to health services will also count with new incomes.