Un sommet en faveur d’un budget à part pour la zone euro

Infographie : F. Descheemaekere

[Euractiv]

La zone euro devrait disposer de son propre budget qui serait séparé du budget à long terme de l’Union européenne dans son ensemble, peut-on lire dans le projet de conclusions du sommet européen qui se tiendra la semaine prochaine (18-19 octobre).

"For the euro area, the objective is to move towards an integrated budgetary framework," said the draft conclusions, seen by Reuters. "In that context, mechanisms to prevent unsustainable budgetary developments, as well as mechanisms for fiscal solidarity, e.g. via an appropriate fiscal capacity, should be explored," the draft said. "Such mechanisms would be specific to the euro area and therefore not be covered by the Multi-annual Financial Framework," the draft said. The Multi-annual Financial Framework is the European Union's long-term budget which amounts to around 1% of the gross domestic product of the 27-nation bloc.
It is used to support the EU's agriculture policy as well as investment in the EU's poorer countries and regions, among others.

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