Von der Leyen offers minor concessions on EU budget to placate centrist MEPs

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Von der Leyen offers minor concessions on EU budget to placate centrist MEPs  Ursula von der Leyen has proposed changes to her €2 trillion EU budget to empower regional authorities and protect financing for rural areas. The tweaks look to stave off a parliamentary rebellion after a week of tensions.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/10/von-der-leyen-offers-minor-concessions-on-eu-budget-to-placate-centrist-meps  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The European Commission and the European Parliament continue to work on the EU's next long-term budget.

00:07On Monday, the presidents of the two institutions met with the Danish Prime Minister,

00:12whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU.

00:16The aim is to iron out differences.

00:19Lawmakers are particularly opposed to merging the common agriculture policy

00:23and regional cohesion policy into a single fund.

00:26A parliamentary majority believes this would dilute the European scope of these programmes.

00:32The Commission is therefore proposing adjustments.

00:35These proposals concern three areas.

00:38So you have the reinforcement of the identity of the common agriculture policy.

00:42You've got the strengthening of the role of the regions,

00:45and the last point concerns, enhancing governance.

00:49In concrete terms, the Commission is therefore proposing to introduce a rural target

00:53to ensure minimum funding for agriculture.

00:56It also plans to give regional authorities more say in determining how cohesion funds are used.

01:01In the next budgetary architecture, the cluster comprising agriculture and regional policy

01:07accounts for 44% of the total budget, estimated at almost 2 trillion euros.

01:12Just 2 trillion euros.

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