MFF

24 May 2019

The EU cohesion policy under the next MFF: winners and losers across Europe’s twin peripheries

By Niccolo Donati

For the MFF 2021–2027, Member States have decided not to increase the EU budget, despite the adverse consequences that the Great Recession had on many European territories. As a consequence, cohesion policy, in 2021–2027, will be too small a blanket to cater to the needs of the Eastern and Southern peripheries adequately.

21 January 2019

MFF 2021-2027: Winners and losers across the EU from a social policy perspective

By Niccolo Donati

This article is the first part of a focus on the financial resources destined for cohesion policy within the MFF. We are going to discuss how geographical eligibility changed in the Commission’s proposal when compared with the previous MFF (2014–2020). Moreover, we are going to focus on the resources that are going to be allocated to social Europe with the new ESF+.

15 June 2018

MFF – Proposal for a stronger Europe?

By Niccolo Donati

The European Commission proposed to substantially change the allocation of different spending priorities. In general, the EU budget will reinforce the existing thematic priorities in the field of research, environmental policies, youth policies, migration and borders, security and external action.

23 April 2018

The road to EU’s multiannual financial framework amidst Brexit and national tensions

By Niccolo Donati

The negotiations linked to the MFF are starting; the Commission has opted for a cautious approach, while Brexit has the potential to impact budgetary politics.

«The analysis of the network structure of the online discussion seems to confirm the presence of a double conflict between the different communities we detected, along with the “openness-closure” cleavage. The first divide would pit the Italian-speaking green and purple groups, while the second one would be between the French-speaking orange and yellow groups»

MFF

MFF

The EU cohesion policy under the next MFF: winners and losers across Europe’s twin peripheries

MFF 2021-2027: Winners and losers across the EU from a social policy perspective

MFF – Proposal for a stronger Europe?

The road to EU’s multiannual financial framework amidst Brexit and national tensions

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