Future-orienting the next EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)

Abstract

The EU’s next Multiannual Financial Framework offers an opportunity to align funding with competitiveness and resilience goals. The current proposal suggests a weakening of the environmental and climate priorities. This policy brief advocates for a future-oriented MFF that embrasses resilience, climate change, environment and green innovation. Instruments (Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principle, Environment and Climate coefficients, Climate Resilience by Design (CRbD)) must be effectively designed. The European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) including R&I, and the National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) including the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Cohesion Policy, are a key for a future-oriented EU.