{"id":2157528,"date":"2026-09-22T16:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2157528"},"modified":"2026-09-22T16:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T13:31:05","slug":"eu-budget-talks-face-deadlock-despite-push-for-year-end-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2157528","title":{"rendered":"EU budget talks face deadlock despite push for year-end deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/29\/88\/1200x675_cmsv2_61c1abf9-b8ee-59a7-aff0-529995b56838-9922988.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2927733-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2927733\" data-cid=\"9923273\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927733-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img 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Today<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Latest news bulletin | September 22nd, 2026 \u2013 Evening\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2927636-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2927636\" data-cid=\"9923650\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927636-label-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/25\/78\/189x106_cmsv2_7ce2ffb0-a705-5c9b-82fb-454978869a85-9922578.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"An underground defensive bunker in Moscow, built in the last century, now functions as a museum.\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Russia<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Russia quietly modernises bomb shelters in Moscow and St Petersburg\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            EU budget talks face deadlock despite push for year-end deal<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/29\/88\/1536x864_cmsv2_61c1abf9-b8ee-59a7-aff0-529995b56838-9922988.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"European Commissioner for EU Budget Piotr Serafin at the European Parliament in November 2024\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              European Commissioner for EU Budget Piotr Serafin at the European Parliament in November 2024<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">AP Photo\/Geert Vanden Wijngaert<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0AP Photo\/Geert Vanden Wijngaert\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div 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loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        Member states have spent months reiterating their negotiating positions, fuelling frustration within EU institutions that are pushing for faster progress. Reaching an agreement only in December would mean that negotiations remain largely deadlocked until the final stage.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>European affairs ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday for another round of negotiations on the EU\u2019s next seven-year budget. Despite a shared ambition to reach a deal by the end of the year, negotiations appear to have stalled, with significant differences still unresolved. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is my fourth [Multiannual Financial Framework] negotiations, so I have to admit that some of the discussions come with a large sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu,&#8221; European Commissioner for the Budget Piotr Serafin said during a debate with EU ministers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany positions are quite predictable, as they have been consistently repeated over the last decades,\u201d the commissioner added. <\/p>\n<p>The next key stage in the negotiations will come at the European Council in Brussels in mid-October. Ahead of that meeting, the Irish government, which is currently chairing negotiations among the member states, will present a compromise text for leaders to consider.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a general agreement to reach a deal by the end of the year,\u201d Irish Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne told journalists on Tuesday, referring to discussions among the EU\u2019s 27 member states.<\/p>\n<p>October&#8217;s text would mark the penultimate stage before a final compromise is expected in December, when EU leaders will need to bridge their differences and find a workable trade-off to break the deadlock.<\/p>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa have repeatedly called for an ambitious budget, backed by new EU taxes and sufficient spending to match Europe\u2019s ambitions in strategic sectors such as AI and defence, while preserving adequate funding for traditional areas such as agriculture and fisheries.<\/p>\n<p>EU institutions want to avoid a repeat of the previous budget negotiations, when member states ultimately failed to agree on new sources of EU revenue, known as \u201cown resources.\u201d This time, however, growing global uncertainty and the Commission\u2019s push to strengthen Europe\u2019s competitiveness on the global stage have made the need for additional EU revenue to invest in strategic sectors even more pressing.<\/p>\n<p>The \u20ac2 trillion proposal presented by the Commission in July 2025 reflected this trend. It provided increased funding for competitiveness, security, and defence, alongside significant cuts to agricultural and regional funds, compared with the current budget.<\/p>\n<h2>The two camps<\/h2>\n<p>Two main camps have emerged among member states in recent months. One, made up of 17 countries and known as the \u201cFriends of Cohesion,\u201d is pushing to preserve funding for agriculture and regional development.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-1\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Sixteen EU countries ask for more funds for agriculture and fisheries in next long-term budget<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">EU payers push for cuts but can\u2019t agree on how much as budget talks enter key phase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another group, including Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, is calling for cuts of \u201cseveral hundred billion euros\u201d across the budget, while prioritising spending on defence and competitiveness. They refer to themselves as the \u201cmodernisers,\u201d although they are also commonly described as the \u201cfrugals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Germany is leading the group of frugal countries and used the occasion on Tuesday to escalate its rhetoric, even in opposition to the position of EU institutions. Targeting Costa in particular\u2014who has been outspoken against major budget cuts\u2014German Minister Gunther Krichbaum said he had lost touch with reality. \u201cYou have to ask yourself whether Mr. Costa has now completely lost his grip on reality,\u201d the minister told journalists on the sidelines of the meeting, as Germany continues to push for substantial cuts.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFriends of Cohesion\u201d generally support the introduction of new \u201cown resources,\u201d while the frugal countries remain more sceptical.<\/p>\n<p>They argue that, as net contributors, they will bear a disproportionate share of the cost of the next budget, noting that they already account for around 40% of contributions to the current one.<\/p>\n<p>The budget is likely to be financed through a combination of contributions based on a percentage of member states\u2019 gross national income (GNI) and new \u201cown resources.\u201d Member states will have to agree on the share of GNI to be allocated to the EU budget and determine which own resources should be mobilised to make up the remaining funding.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I see many different ways of computing national contributions. It seems that there is a competition going on between capitals to come up with numbers that show that their national contribution increases the most. This is not really helpful,&#8221; Serafin said during the debate on Tuesday, calling EU countries to build a &#8220;common understanding on the actual numbers&#8221; to present in the most objective way. <\/p>\n<p>Byrne told journalists on Monday that the Irish presidency would put forward a set of proposals on own resources as part of the text to be presented in October.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-2\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Hungry for cash: where will the EU find the money?<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Ireland backs &#8216;ambitious&#8217; new EU taxes as budget talks intensify<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>To reach a deal, all the 27 member states have to agree on the new budget.<\/p>\n<p>The final deal will also require the backing of the European Parliament, whose position on the budget differs significantly from that of the member states.<\/p>\n<p>EU lawmakers are calling for a 10% increase in funding across the main budget headings and want the repayment of the Recovery Plan loans, issued in 2020 to support the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, to be kept outside the regular EU budget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\" id=\"abe-article-related-3\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">European Parliament demands \u20ac200 billion extra for EU budget in hardball talks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the discussion on Tuesday, leading MEPs asked the member states to avoid cuts. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we reduce the EU budget, EU countries will have to address these challenges separately at national level, and likely at a higher cost,&#8221; said Romanian MEP Siegfried Mure\u0219an, who is co-leading the negotiations on behalf of the European Parliament alongside Portuguese MEP Carla Tavares. <\/p>\n<p>Tavares also urged member states to step up the negotiations. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The clock is ticking, and we need to make progress if we are to reach an agreement on the next MFF in time. 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class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n<h3 class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    US networks suspend Trump coverage in revolt over White House ban<br \/>\n  <\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"articleBody\" data-key=\"articleBody\">European affairs ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday for another round of negotiations on the EU\u2019s next seven-year budget. Despite a shared ambition to reach a deal by the end of the year, negotiations appear to have stalled, with significant differences still unresolved.&#8221;This is my fourth [Multiannual Financial Framework] negotiations, so I have to admit that some of the discussions come with a large sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu,&#8221; European Commissioner for the Budget Piotr Serafin said during a debate with EU ministers on Tuesday.\u201cMany positions are quite predictable, as they have been consistently repeated over the last decades,\u201d the commissioner added.The next key stage in the negotiations will come at the European Council in Brussels in mid-October. Ahead of that meeting, the Irish government, which is currently chairing negotiations among the member states, will present a compromise text for leaders to consider.\u201cThere is a general agreement to reach a deal by the end of the year,\u201d Irish Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne told journalists on Tuesday, referring to discussions among the EU\u2019s 27 member states.October&#8217;s text would mark the penultimate stage before a final compromise is expected in December, when EU leaders will need to bridge their differences and find a workable trade-off to break the deadlock.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa have repeatedly called for an ambitious budget, backed by new EU taxes and sufficient spending to match Europe\u2019s ambitions in strategic sectors such as AI and defence, while preserving adequate funding for traditional areas such as agriculture and fisheries.EU institutions want to avoid a repeat of the previous budget negotiations, when member states ultimately failed to agree on new sources of EU revenue, known as \u201cown resources.\u201d This time, however, growing global uncertainty and the Commission\u2019s push to strengthen Europe\u2019s competitiveness on the global stage have made the need for additional EU revenue to invest in strategic sectors even more pressing.The \u20ac2 trillion proposal presented by the Commission in July 2025 reflected this trend. It provided increased funding for competitiveness, security, and defence, alongside significant cuts to agricultural and regional funds, compared with the current budget.The two campsTwo main camps have emerged among member states in recent months. One, made up of 17 countries and known as the \u201cFriends of Cohesion,\u201d is pushing to preserve funding for agriculture and regional development.Another group, including Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden and Denmark, is calling for cuts of \u201cseveral hundred billion euros\u201d across the budget, while prioritising spending on defence and competitiveness. They refer to themselves as the \u201cmodernisers,\u201d although they are also commonly described as the \u201cfrugals.\u201dGermany is leading the group of frugal countries and used the occasion on Tuesday to escalate its rhetoric, even in opposition to the position of EU institutions. Targeting Costa in particular\u2014who has been outspoken against major budget cuts\u2014German Minister Gunther Krichbaum said he had lost touch with reality. \u201cYou have to ask yourself whether Mr. Costa has now completely lost his grip on reality,\u201d the minister told journalists on the sidelines of the meeting, as Germany continues to push for substantial cuts.The \u201cFriends of Cohesion\u201d generally support the introduction of new \u201cown resources,\u201d while the frugal countries remain more sceptical.They argue that, as net contributors, they will bear a disproportionate share of the cost of the next budget, noting that they already account for around 40% of contributions to the current one.The budget is likely to be financed through a combination of contributions based on a percentage of member states\u2019 gross national income (GNI) and new \u201cown resources.\u201d Member states will have to agree on the share of GNI to be allocated to the EU budget and determine which own resources should be mobilised to make up the remaining funding.&#8221;I see many different ways of computing national contributions. It seems that there is a competition going on between capitals to come up with numbers that show that their national contribution increases the most. This is not really helpful,&#8221; Serafin said during the debate on Tuesday, calling EU countries to build a &#8220;common understanding on the actual numbers&#8221; to present in the most objective way.Byrne told journalists on Monday that the Irish presidency would put forward a set of proposals on own resources as part of the text to be presented in October.To reach a deal, all the 27 member states have to agree on the new budget.The final deal will also require the backing of the European Parliament, whose position on the budget differs significantly from that of the member states.EU lawmakers are calling for a 10% increase in funding across the main budget headings and want the repayment of the Recovery Plan loans, issued in 2020 to support the economy following the COVID-19 pandemic, to be kept outside the regular EU budget.During the discussion on Tuesday, leading MEPs asked the member states to avoid cuts.&#8221;If we reduce the EU budget, EU countries will have to address these challenges separately at national level, and likely at a higher cost,&#8221; said Romanian MEP Siegfried Mure\u0219an, who is co-leading the negotiations on behalf of the European Parliament alongside Portuguese MEP Carla Tavares.Tavares also urged member states to step up the negotiations.&#8221;The clock is ticking, and we need to make progress if we are to reach an agreement on the next MFF in time. 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