Czech Debate on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework

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Created on Thursday, 29 September 2011 13:30

Project Manager: David Král, Vladimír Bartovic

Project period: ongoing (May – December 2011)

Executive summary:

Project aimed at launching an expert debate in the Czech Republic on the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework. The European Commission is expected to table detailed proposal for the next Financial Perspective in June 2011. The Lisbon Treaty has incorporated financial perspective in the EU primary law and has changed the procedures of its adoption.  It is not clear yet whether the so-called Multiannual Financial Framework will be traditionally adopted for 7 years as the Lisbon Treaty requires only a minimum of 5 years. Debate launched by the Commission's White Paper on the budget review in October 2010 shows that the following financial perspective will undergo substantial changes both at the revenue as well as the expenditure part. It seems that the opinions of different stakeholders (European Commission, European Parliament and 27 member states) are substantially diverging. The initial Czech position towards negotiations (as well as that of other member states) will thus have to evolve in course of this year. Many stakeholders are likely to step in this debate, who will bring to the table many diverging arguments. The facilitation of a wide consensus across the Czech society about the next EU budget thus might turn a difficult task.

The aim of the project was achieved by creating working groups of experts on 7 different topics related to different policy areas of the financial perspective as well as the revenue part of the EU budget. Each working group had a policy paper written by the leading expert and peer reviewed by another expert. Policy papers provide recommendations for the negotiations of the next Financial Perspective for the Czech government. The edited policy papers were published and disseminated among the relevant stakeholders.

Outputs:

• Publication Czech Debate on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework (only in Czech language)
  

Roundtables

• EU Budget: External Relations, Europan House September 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Tomáš Weiss (Faculty of Social Science, Charles University /EUROPEUM) and Šádí Shanaáh (Glopolis).
  

• EU Budget: Research and Innovation, European House October 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Luboš Lacina and Jan Ostřížek (Mendel University in Brno) and Táňa Perglová. 

• EU Budget: Agriculture and Rural Development, European House October 10 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Tereza Svačinová (Faculty of Social Science, Charles University /EUROPEUM) and Blanka Křivánková (Glopolis). 

• EU Budget: Structural Funds, European House October 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Radomír Špok (EUROPEUM) and Petr Volek (HOPE-E.S.).
  

• EU Budget: Environment, energy and climate action, European House October 31 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speaker were Ondřej Pašek (CEE Bankwatch) and Jiří Dusík (Integra Consulting Service). 

• EU Budget: Connecting Europe Facility for Infrastrucutre, European House, November 7 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Pavel Přibyl (Transport federation) and Martin Robeš (Ministry of the Environment of the Czech republic).
  

• EU Budget: Own resources, European House November 21 from 3 to 5 p.m. The speakers were Jiří Čáslavka (Glopolis) and Jan Ostřížek (Mendel University in Brno). 

GLOPOLIS (Prague)

Donors:

Heinrich Böll Foundation Prague

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