'Moving from 540 programmes to 27 National and Regional Partnership Plans...will reduce administrative costs', according to the EU Commission (Photo: Unsplash)

EU budget funds merger plan raises alarm over farmers' payments and nature funding

EU Political

by Wester van Gaal, Amsterdam,

EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will present a modernised EU 2028-2034 budget on Wednesday (16 July).

In a draft version seen by EUobserver, the EU executive laid out its vision to merge agriculture and regional development budgets (€779bn) into one large fund.

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Author Bio

Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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'Moving from 540 programmes to 27 National and Regional Partnership Plans...will reduce administrative costs', according to the EU Commission (Photo: Unsplash)