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More money for the EU? Specifically: 66 billion euros? Not a big deal, some say. “That’s really not much,” said Johannes Hahn, the budget commissioner of the international community, on Monday in a conference room in the European building in Brussels.
He called the planned budget increase a “minimally invasive surgery.” Most other politicians in the room disagreed.
Two years ago, after tough negotiations, the EU states agreed on a budget of around 1.1 trillion euros until 2027. This so-called multi-annual financial framework is now to be revised. Hahn presented a proposal for this in June. But in a group of states there was objection.