Italy has the current plans of the European Union for the new household declined. Rome could not accept the proposals of EU Council leader Charles Michel in this form. The head of government said Giuseppe Conte one day before the special EU summit in the Senate in the Italian capital.
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The figures included “progress” compared to the old drafts drawn up by the Finnish Presidency. But: “President Michel’s submission is still insufficient to achieve the goals set out in the strategic agenda of the EU heads of state and government and in the program of the EU Commission President,” said Conte.
“The summit in Brussels tomorrow is likely to be complex and difficult,” said the independent head of government. Financial planning does not meet the EU’s old or new challenges.
Conte sees Europe as facing major challenges
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Conte criticized aspects of agricultural policy and the equipment of the European Social Fund Plus, which provides for professional help on the labor market. Other critical points are the EU funding program for research and innovation and financing in the military sector. The head of government said that Europe faces major challenges in migration policy – with a view to the Mediterranean and Africa – and as an actor on the international stage.
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Michel had one last Friday Multiannual financial framework presented, which provides for a good one trillion euros for the years 2021 to 2027. For this, the EU countries should pay 1.074 percent of their economic output into the EU fund.
The European Parliament has again asked for a 1.3 percent contribution. Otherwise, the goals that the 27 EU countries would have set themselves could not be achieved, said top representatives of the Committee on Budgets. It is “extremely disappointing” to see the gap between the European ambitions of the EU Commission and EU countries on the one hand and the proposed budget on the other, said committee chairman Johan Van Overtveldt.
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