21 The new 2028-2034 European financial framework and the CAP reform proposed by the European Commission When the budget prevails over political ambition for the European Union YVES MADRE Founder and director of Farm Europe1 The European Commission has presented a radical proposal for reforming the European Union (EU) budget, largely inspired by the governance of the postCOVID recovery fund (RRF – Recovery and Resilience Facility), which is structured primarily around national envelopes, leaving aside the Community method. Figure 1 – Breakdown of the draft budget presented by the European Comm ission(€ billion) Amounint billion € 19, 84 Within the framework of a requested total allocation of €2 trillion, the European Commission proposes to divide the resources among four major funds: the National and Regional Fund (which includes the CAP, cohesion policy, Frontex, climate, Interreg, etc.); the Competitiveness Fund; the Global Europe Fund for actions in third countries and Ukraine; and the Fund for administrative expenditure. A total budget increase, but with drastic cuts to historic European policies In fact, the European Commission has presented a draft budget of almost €2 trillion for this period, divided into six funds: — a fund of €865 billion to finance the European 409 NRP plans EU Competitiveness Fund Other (civil protection, single mareketct.,) Global Europe NextGenerationpEaUymrent Erasmus+ Union's major traditional policies, namely the CAP, cohesion policy, social policy (currently ESF+ – European Social Fund Plus), fisheries policy, to name the most important ones, 1https://www.farm-europe.eu/
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