EU Lawmakers Challenge EU Budget Plan Over Farming, Regional Aid
The European Parliament wants the European Commission to amend its proposal for the EU 2028-2034 budget to restore separate financing streams for farmers and for regional aid, a senior EU parliament official said on Wednesday.
Siegfried Muresan, who is one of the parliament's two budget negotiators, told reporters that unless the Commission amended its July proposal that merged the two financing streams into one pool of money, the parliament would reject it.
"We want these policies to be preserved as standalone policies with a clear legislative base, with European objectives, with distinct budgets," Muresan said...
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