Multiannual Financial Framework

Proposals for the next EU budget

The next EU budget (MFF), the cornerstone of the EU’s policy action, must respond to today’s multiple challenges by directing public spending towards building a more resilient, just and sustainable economy. It must also focus on making good use of the EU’s limited financial resources by following the horizontal principles of solidarity, cohesion, a just transition, human rights, transparency, partnership, ‘do no significant harm’ and ‘leave no one behind’.

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Coal is an outdated industry on its last leg. Public finance can move our economies in a new, socially responsible direction.

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Finance and biodiversity

A clash is raging between nature and finance. Our work where finance meets the natural world advocates for adequate protection and restoration projects to ensure a green future for all.

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