The public consultation that was launched by the Commission in the framework of the EU Budget reform, closed in June 2008, was a great success. Read the contributions submitted by participants of various backgrounds.

On November 12th, the Commission organised a conference on the future of the European budget. The speeches of president Barroso and the Commissioner responsible for Financial Programming and the Budget, Dalia Grybauskaitė, as well those of all other speakers, have been recorded and can be watched online.

The speeches and presentations of the various speakers invited to the conference are also available in the document section.

Notre Europe launches an on-line debate on the EU budget reform

As we approach the end of the EU budgetary review, Notre Europe invites various prominent scholars and EU observers to discuss the EU budget reform proposal put forward by Alfonso Iozzo, Stefano Micossi and Maria Teresa Salvemini in a policy paper published by CEPS some time ago (“A New budget for the European Union?” CEPS policy brief n. 159, May 2008).

Read the contributions to the debate

Eurobarometer survey results : Europeans favour an EU budget that focuses on economic growth

The latest Eurobarometer survey asked EU citizens what they thought the EU budget should focus on. "Economic growth" was the theme most often quoted by respondents. Read the full results.

Survey highlights

We have asked participants to the budget review conference to give us their feedback on the event. The response turnout was big and largely positive - as can be seen in the survey highlights.

Video roundup: your opinions on the budget reform

Watch the videoclip in which stakeholders that contributed to the consultation are calling for reform of the EU budget. Filming took place in a selection of countries that most actively participated in the budget consultation.

see the video.

 

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