Les lignes rouges des États membres sur le budget

Infographie : F. Descheemaekere

[Euractiv]

Afin de définir leur position sur le budget européen, les dirigeants se sont entretenus hier à Bruxelles avec Herman Van Rompuy, le président du Conseil européen, et José Manuel Barroso, le président de la Commission, lors de réunions « bilatérales ». Voici leurs lignes rouges.

France

As its largest benefactor, France’s priority is to keep the budget for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at the highest level possible.  Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said “There can be no question of us withdrawing even €1 from the CAP”. While France publicly defends Cohesion Policy, in alliance with Poland, and the Connecting Europe Facility, it is unlikely it would oppose a freeze, or even a cut to these items.Paris aims for an overall budget of around €960 billion, or about 1% of EU GDP, a position close to Germany, which is equivalent to a freeze in current spending.
Paris supports the principle of own resources and regularly makes reference to the idea of redirecting taxes from financial transactions towards EU coffers, a view opposed by Berlin.

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