No. 34 The future of the Common Agricultural Policy 24 ANALYSIS AND PROSPECTIVE STUDIES CULTIVAR their respective budgets by drawing on other funds allocated to them under the NRP plans. Just to maintain the CAP budget at current prices, Denmark, Ireland and Austria would thus have to devote more than three-quarters of their remaining NRP allocations (NRP funds after deduction of the CAP, the social climate plan "Greater effectiveness of cohesion and social measures?" – FALSE "Guaranteed and potentially improved funding for POSEI?" – FALSE and borders). The Netherlands, France, Finland, Sweden and Luxembourg would have to allocate around 50%, while Italy, Spain, Belgium and Germany would have to mobilise between 18 and 35%. It turns out that these NRP allocations are intended to In view of the drasticreduction proposedfor theCAPbudget,the EuropeanCommissionis leaving it up to Member States to supplement their respective budgets by drawing on other fundsallocatedto themunderthe NRP plans. The proposed regulation leaves Member States the responsibility for deciding what to finance or not within their NRPP allocation outside the CAP, choosing between cohesion measures, social fund, fisheries, POSEI, LEADER and school scheme, among the main ones. be used to finance, in particular, future cohesion measures, ESF measures, POSEI measures, etc. The European Commission's statements do not stand up to scrutiny of the financial equation. It should be noted that this this remaining 'free' allocation for Member States is in average 40% lower than the allocation they received during the 2021-27 period under cohesion policy. Figure 2 – Reduction in the CAP budget per Member State as a percentage of its NRPP allocation outside the CAP
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