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Politico (30 October 2025)

Max Griera

The European Parliament’s four centrist groups have demanded European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen make major changes to her plan for the EU’s next seven-year budget, according to a letter sent on Thursday morning, obtained by POLITICO.

The groups are threatening to reject a key part of the 2028-2034 budget in the next plenary on Nov. 12 unless their conditions are met in a new amended proposal from the Commission. 

Lawmakers oppose the Commission’s “national plans,” an idea to pool funds for farmers and regions — which make up around half of the total EU budget, worth €1.8 trillion — into single pots managed by the bloc’s 27 governments. This is a change from the current system, where regions play a crucial role in handling the funding.

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