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STRASBOURG (ANP) – The European Parliament has accepted the funds proposal for the European Union for 2025, with which it enters negotiations with the member states. A complete collection of modification proposals have been adopted on Wednesday, together with the removing of the 90 million euro minimize to the European border guard service Frontex that the member states had proposed. The parliament needs to speculate a complete of 548 million euros additional in analysis, schooling, healthcare, and migration administration, amongst different issues.
The fund for asylum, migration, and integration has been elevated by 25 million by the Parliament. A further 35 million euros shall be allotted for border administration. A part of that funds is meant to assist Romania and Bulgaria to affix Schengen.
The European Parliament additionally needs to speculate a further 242 million euros within the analysis and innovation program Horizon Europe. Moreover, 70 million euros extra ought to go to the Erasmus trade program for college kids and PhD candidates.
An additional 96 million euros ought to go to agriculture, 120 million euros to humanitarian help, and 110 million euros to the jap and southern neighboring nations of the EU, akin to Moldova. For the prevention of cardiovascular ailments, most cancers, baby ailments, and enchancment of psychological well being, the Parliament needs to allocate an additional 50 million euros.
“The cash is out there,” mentioned MEP Victor Negrescu at a press convention after the vote. He negotiates on behalf of the European Parliament with the EU member states on the 2025 funds. Based on him, some huge cash has not been spent in recent times that was allotted within the EU funds. “In occasions like these, we have to make investments extra. With out asking the member states to contribute extra.” He refers to the necessity to enhance Europe’s competitiveness.
Now the three-week negotiations begin between the European Parliament and the EU Finance Ministers to achieve an settlement on the dimensions of the funds and the areas to which cash goes. The parliament needs the European Union to have a funds of practically 201 billion euros subsequent yr. The member states need to minimize greater than 1.5 billion euros subsequent yr.
(October 23, 2024)
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