Should the budget continue to mainly rely on national GNI/VAT based resources
How to fund it – should the budget continue to mainly rely on national
GNI/VAT based resources (accounting for around 80% of total revenues) or
should the EU be endowed with additional real own resources (e.g.
Stemming from a tax related to a common corporate tax base, seignorage or
income from emission trading)?
This idea is not popular among all EU
members as some fear reduced control over their contribution to the EU
budget and/or loss of own revenues.
EUR bn, annual av. (est.) 25
— Its duration – should the duration of the framework be reduced to 5 from
currently 7 years to align it with the term of the EP and the EC and increase
its flexibility to react to unexpected events, be kept unchanged, or even be
extended to 10 years (5+5 with a mid-term review) to increase stability of
financial planning?
EU Forecast
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