The EU Commission has proposed a new budget for the period from 2028 to 2034 which totals some two trillion euros – around 700 billion euros more than is planned in the current budget. At the same time, less money is to be allocated to fixed areas, in a bid to increase flexibility and allow for quicker responses in a crisis. The European press reacts with shock.
This budget proposal is simply excessive, fumes De Telegraaf:
“The greed of the Brussels bureaucrats knows no bounds. The EU Commission under President von der Leyen seems to be preoccupied only with accumulating more power. … Von der Leyen calls this ‘the most ambitious budget ever’. What she really means, of course, is the most megalomaniac budget imaginable. … The Commission is once again showing no understanding for the economic situation in the EU member states. And it is deaf to the criticism of the citizens. … This is also an important task for a new government: firmness is needed.”