In February 2024, the European Parliament gave consent to and the Council agreed at unanimity on the first ever mid-term revision of the expenditure ceilings in the multiannual financial framework (MFF), following the Commission's proposal of June 2023. The agreement reached on the mid-term...

Working Document II presents information on the human resources of the EU institutions and executive agencies, and in particular for the Commission, both for the establishment plans and for external personnel and across all headings of the multiannual financial framework. Moreover, pursuant to...

Europa steuert auf ein massives staatliches Schuldenproblem zu. Sieben von 19 Mitgliedstaaten der Eurozone haben inzwischen eine Schuldenquote von mehr als 100 Prozent. In Italien übersteigen die Staatsschulden das Eineinhalbfache des BIP, in Griechenland sogar das Zweifache. Mittlerweile nimmt...

The main challenge currently facing the EU is a community deficit: the low valuation the majority of its citizens accord the evolving collectivity. The EU is challenged by the mismatch between its increasing supranational decision making and the strong loyalties of its citizens to their...

We investigate the track record of multi-annual budgetary plans of EU Member States formulated in the Stability and Convergence Programmes and updates. The study is based on the analysis of an original database summarizing the main macroeconomic and budgetary variables projected by the Member...

The 2014 EU budget was the first one to be implemented under the 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF). It was also the first budget in EU history that was lower than the previous year's. It amounted to EUR 143 billion in commitments, representing around 1 % of EU gross national income...

As well as a presentation of the new 2014-2020 multiannual financial framework, this book covers the full history of the EU budget from 1953 on. It also offers an in-depth explanation of the legal framework governing the adoption and management of the EU budget as well as an overview of its...

Landscape reviews are a new product of the European Court of Auditors (the Court). They consider broad themes based on the Court's output and accumulated knowledge and experience. They are intended to serve as a basis for consultation and dialogue with the Court's stakeholders. They enable the...

This report reviews the various ways in which the Member States of the European Union handle the collection of revenues for the EU budget, as well as the classification and treatment of EU expenditures. The study finds a substantial diversity in these practices among the Member States and calls...