{"id":468035,"date":"2026-10-15T11:16:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/15\/bilancio-2028-2034-i-leader-ue-divisi-e-ce-chi-evoca-intese-nel-2027\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T12:13:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:13:39","slug":"2028-2034-budget-eu-leaders-divided-as-some-suggest-a-deal-may-not-come-until-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/15\/2028-2034-budget-eu-leaders-divided-as-some-suggest-a-deal-may-not-come-until-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"2028-2034 budget: EU leaders divided as some suggest a deal may not come until 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels \u2013&nbsp;There are significant differences over the total resources and differing views on the timeframe for reaching a political agreement: the EU\u2019s next multiannual financial framework (MFF 2028\u20132034) is increasingly becoming a conundrum, with heads of state and government running a serious risk of turning it into a real headache. The European Council summit has gotten off to the worst possible start,&nbsp;with the prospect of a final agreement being delayed until 2027 now being raised.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish Prime Minister, <strong>Ulf Kristersson<\/strong> (EPP), put it plainly: &#8220;<strong>We are in no hurry,<\/strong>&#8221; he said upon his arrival in Brussels. Translated: \u201c<strong>There is no need to reach an agreement by the end of the year.<\/strong>\u201d These remarks, made before the start of proceedings, clash with the stated intentions of other parties, and those of the President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa, who would instead like to conclude the process in 2026 and, to achieve this, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/13\/2028-2034-budget-plans-for-an-extraordinary-summit-of-leaders-on-26-and-27-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an extraordinary summit scheduled for late November<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The frugal states, however, are not backing down and are calling for further cuts. Kristersson puts it plainly: \u201c<strong>The multiannual budget is too large and too expensive<\/strong>. Let\u2019s say \u2018no\u2019 to Ireland\u2019s proposal.\u201d He is echoed by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, <strong>Rob Jetten<\/strong>: \u201cThe Irish proposal isn\u2019t good enough: <strong>we must reduce the size of the budget<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Faced with the combative stance of the frugal countries, keen to avoid overspending, the Prime Minister of Estonia, <strong>Kristen Michal<\/strong>, explains the significance of the October meeting and those to come: \u201c<span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"it\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">As far as the multiannual financial framework is concerned,<strong> it is likely that today and tomorrow everyone will stick to their positions.<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/span> At this summit, he insists, \u201cI<span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\"> do not expect any compromise.\u201d<\/span><\/span> Everything is now in Costa\u2019s hands. \u201cDiscussions from here on and a compromise <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">before Christmas are part of the negotiation process.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/06\/18\/the-multiannual-budget-its-not-just-about-divisions-within-the-eu-theres-also-the-spectre-of-the-2027-elections\/\">https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/06\/18\/the-multiannual-budget-its-not-just-about-divisions-within-the-eu-theres-also-the-spectre-of-the-2027-elections\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Almost everyone recognises that these will be &#8220;complex&#8221; negotiations. The heads of government of Luxembourg, Latvia and Ireland have reiterated this. However, fears are emerging from various quarters that it may not be possible to reach an agreement by the end of the year. &nbsp;The heads of state and government of Lithuania and Bulgaria have also pointed out that reaching a deal may well be \u201cdifficult\u201d, and that it may have to wait until 2027. Luxembourg\u2019s Prime Minister, <strong>Luc Frieden<\/strong>, remains \u201cconfident\u201d that an agreement will be reached by Christmas, but he also admits that \u201cit would not be a tragedy if it were not to happen.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The Irish Prime Minister, <strong>Miche\u00e1l Martin<\/strong>, would like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/irish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his country\u2019s rotating presidency of the Council of the EU<\/a>&nbsp;to be marked by&nbsp;a budget agreement, and is defending the original timetable: \u201cWe <span class=\"HwtZe\" lang=\"it\"><span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">consider it <strong>essential to conclude the negotiations by the end of the year,<\/strong>\u201d he stresses.<\/span><\/span> <span class=\"jCAhz ChMk0b\"><span class=\"ryNqvb\">Of course, \u201cit<span class=\"jCAhz\"> is a challenging task, given that differences remain,\u201d but there is still time to work \u201cbetween now and Christmas.\u201d Ireland is essentially expressing optimism, but the EU-27 appear divided and at loggerheads, far from reaching an agreement.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The German Chancellor, <strong>Friedrich Merz<\/strong>, is attempting to offer a solution: \u201cOur positions are still very far apart, but that does not mean we cannot reach solutions in November or December,\u201d he begins. How can we reach the desired agreement by the end of 2026? By pressing ahead come what may. \u201c<strong>For the European Council meeting in December, we would do well to pack a few more spare shirts than usual<\/strong>,\u201d suggests the German Chancellor. On closer inspection, it is a possibility. And judging by the positions expressed, it is the only one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positions on the multiannual budget remain too far apart, and more heads of state and government are beginning to raise the prospect of reaching an agreement next year. Merz: \u201cBring more shirts than usual to the December summit\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":468020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25681],"tags":[1666,26027,13114],"class_list":["post-468035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-european-council","tag-vertice-dei-leader-en","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":468036,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468035\/revisions\/468036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}