The European Union has agreed on a budget for the coming year.
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Brussels Negotiators from the European Parliament and the governments of the EU countries have agreed on the EU budget for the coming year. According to both sides, the agreement reached on Tuesday night stipulates that around 169.5 billion euros can be planned for in 2022. This corresponds to an increase of around five billion euros compared to the original budget planning for the current year.
The money from the EU community budget is intended, among other things, to help contain the economic consequences of the corona pandemic and to promote environmental and climate protection. A large part of the amount will continue to be used to support farmers and comparatively poor regions in the EU countries.
“After long and tough negotiations with the European Parliament, we succeeded in reaching a sensible compromise,” commented a diplomat shortly after the agreement. This budget strengthens Europe and Europe’s ability to act.
A point of contention in the negotiations was the EU Parliament’s request for more than 300 new employees. Member States considered this claim to be insufficiently justified, but the European Parliament ultimately prevailed. Basically, it was also about the question of how much money should be planned for 2022.
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The EU Parliament started negotiations with the demand that an amount of 171.8 billion euros be made available in the coming year. The member states started with a bid of 167.7 billion euros. They were just below the 167.8 billion euros that Budget Commissioner Hahn had proposed in his first draft for the 2022 budget.
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