105 TITLE: Bigger, better funded and focused on public goods: how to revamp the European Union budget AUTHOR/EDITOR: Zsolt Darvas, Roel Dom, Marie-Sophie Lappe, Pascal Saint-Amans and Armin Steinbach / Bruegel DOCUMENT TYPE: Report / Blueprint Series (No. 37) WEB LOCATION: https://www.bruegel.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/Bruegel%20Blueprint%2037.pdf LANGUAGE: English NUMBER OF PAGES: 190 PUBLICATION DATE: 10 July 2025 Bigger, better funded and focused on public goods: How to revamp the European Union budget ANA FILIPE DE MORAIS Office for Planning, Policy and General Administration (GPP) Reference Keywords: European Union budget, public goods, European public goods (EPG), national public goods (NPG), Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), own resources This report, part of the Bruegel1 series of studies, is part of the project on EU budget reform, with the aim of informing and influencing the debate on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-2034. It analyses the composition, financing and control mechanisms of European budget expenditure and makes suggestions on how to improve them. It assesses the extent to which current expenditure is directed towards European public goods 1 A European think tank specialising in economics, Bruegel aims to improve the quality of economic policy through open, evidence-based research, analysis and debate. Bruegel's members include governments of EU Member States, companies and international institutions. The name, proposed by Mario Monti, is intended to be an abbreviation of Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory, but was also chosen as a tribute to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the great Flemish painter.
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