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Shaping a European budget fit for climate action and a just transition

May 6, 2025

This policy brief explores five key elements for an EU budget that promotes sustainability, social cohesion and transparent governance.


Proposal for just transition in Western Balkans for next Multiannual Financial Framework

May 2, 2025

With the financing for just transition on the EU level under threat, the ambition for moving forward with just transition on the local level in the Western Balkans is rapidly decreasing because the EU is not prioritising the process. To revive ambition


Proposals for the next EU budget

April 24, 2025

Our current crises stem from the environmental and social injustices of past decades. It is therefore essential that we learn from current EU budget instruments to create a coherent, strategic, enforceable and accessible framework for the next EU budget.


‘Mensenrechten worden geschonden met Europees belastinggeld’

November 12, 2020

De Europese Investeringsbank wil zich maar al te graag verder profileren als de Europese Ontwikkelingsbank. Maar wat het voorstelt als duurzame ontwikkelingsprojecten, gefinancierd met privaat en publiek geld, komt in de praktijk te vaak neer op flagrante mensenrechtenschendingen, zegt Hans van Scharen. ‘De EU kan echt bijdragen aan duurzame ontwikkeling, maar dan moet het tenminste aanbevelingen van experts lezen.’


Boost for Cohesion funding can speed EU recovery with concrete guidance on how to spend it

May 27, 2020

Brussels – The European Commission’s pandemic recovery package is a welcomed boost for cohesion and the energy transformation in countries that need it most, but progress will only come with clear guidance for how this money is spent.


Irrespective of the size, the EU budget must serve higher climate ambition

February 20, 2020

EU leaders hold today a special European Council meeting where they will discuss and maybe agree on the size and structure of the EU budget for the period 2021-2027. Regardless of the size, current proposals for the EU budget of the next decade fall short of ambitious climate action.


Is The EU Budget Ready To Back The Green Deal?

February 20, 2020

Today member states’ leaders head to Brussels for a European Council meeting on the next long-term EU budget, amid pressures for an ambitious climate action. They are going through spending priorities, including the decarbonization of the economy and n


Consensus on EU long term emissions reductions paves way for climate action in central and eastern Europe

December 13, 2019

At Thursday’s European Council meeting, Member States signed up to the bloc’s goal of becoming a net zero emitter of carbon by 2050, a commendable and essential step as the EU pursues the Paris Climate Agreement’s target of limiting temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius.


Strong Commission push for climate action in the next EU budget risks backslide in Parliament and Council

October 31, 2018

Today the Council of the EU is exchanging views on a key piece of the legislation that will govern the one trillion euro EU budget after 2020. While the Commission is proposing an ambitious target for climate spending, developments in the Parliament threaten this move.


Open letter to ministers regarding the EU Budget

October 10, 2018

This letter was sent to EU ministers ahead of the General Affairs Council regarding the Multiannual Financial Framework after 2020.


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