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The EU has ways out of its budget trap

Financial Times

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July 12, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Name Calling
The EU has ways out of its budget trap

Side agreements and special purpose funds could bypass the usual trench warfare

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POLITICO

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· Jul 2, 2026

Commission warns frugals: Slash the EU budget at your peril

Piotr Serafin says “a more frugal EU budget may not necessarily be modern.

ComputerWeekly

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· Jul 2, 2026

Data dive: Kill switch and catch-up – can Europe close the sovereignty gap?

As the US demonstrates it can wield an AI ‘kill switch’, the EU and UK unleash a wave of sovereign tech measures. Can state-led industrial policy bridge a 2tn revenue chasm?

EUobserver

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· Jul 2, 2026

One bigger EU budget beats 27 national ones, Serafin tells frugal states 

EU budget commissioner Piotr Serafin warned The alternative to European spending is more national spending - adding that defence, energy security and research will have to be financed one way or another.”

DailyNewsHungary

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· Jul 6, 2026

More than EUR 3 billion in foreign-currency debt raised by Péter Magyar’s government — and with good reason

The move is closely tied to the anticipated release of previously frozen European Union funds. eufunds money fxloan loan money magyargovernment Continue reading: https://dailynewshungary.com/peter-magyar-government-takes-up-fx-debt/

Guido Fawkes

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· Jul 10, 2026

British Households Would Pay Nearly £1000 Per Year to EU Under Burnham Rejoin Plan

The EU is currently negotiating its ‘Multiannual Financial Framework’ or MFF – the bloc’s long-term spending plan. Member states pay in, the EU splurges the cash, the cycle begins again Incoming PM Andy Burnham let the mask slip when he was recorded saying he would like to see the UK rejoin the EU. He walked

Daily Mail

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· Jul 8, 2026

Britain just can't afford up to £100m a year to give round-the-clock protection to what will soon be NINE living ex-prime ministers: DAI DAVIES

Britain just can't afford up to £100m a year to give round-the-clock protection to what will soon be NINE living ex-prime ministers: DAI DAVIES

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Politics · 3
World · 2
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Related coverage for "The EU has ways out of its budget trap": POLITICO — Commission warns frugals: Slash the EU budget at your peril. ComputerWeekly — Data dive: Kill switch and catch-up – can Europe close the sovereignty gap?. EUobserver — One bigger EU budget beats 27 national ones, Serafin tells frugal states . DailyNewsHungary — More than EUR 3 billion in foreign-currency debt raised by Péter Magyar’s government — and with good reason. Guido Fawkes — British Households Would Pay Nearly £1000 Per Year to EU Under Burnham Rejoin Plan. Daily Mail — Britain just can't afford up to £100m a year to give round-the-clock protection to what will soon be NINE living ex-prime ministers: DAI DAVIES

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