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Negotiations on the new multiannual EU budget for 2028–2034 are beginning. However, the European Commission’s summer proposal has faced criticism from various sides. What major changes might the new budget bring? Will it be good or bad news for the Czech Republic? And what should the country prepare for as the new budget comes into effect? Analyst Filip Křenek from the EUROPEUM think tank discusses these questions in the podcast Europe Up Close.
10. October 2025
It is important to note that the EU budget has been undergoing long-term changes. In some respects, we are witnessing the continuation of long-standing trends — particularly a gradual reduction in spending on the so-called traditional areas, such as agriculture and cohesion policy, and an increase in funding for the remaining third of the budget, which covers other programmes at the European level.
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