Cut the EU budget and we all lose

What happened: In a euobserver opinion piece, MEPs Siegfried Mureşan and Carla Tavares argue against cutting the EU's next seven-year budget, saying the question should be how to finance a budget that delivers more. Key numbers: EU membership benefits estimated at two to six times member states' contributions; EU budget is about one percent of EU GNI Why it matters: The authors say a smaller budget would mean less cohesion, competitiveness, agricultural support, global influence, social investment and security, and that an EU revenue reform could ease pressure on national contributions.

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