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26.05.2025
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Safeguarding values must be central to the future EU budget
News Item 23 May 2025 Safeguarding values must be central to the future EU budget Weyo, adobestock.com, 2025 The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has submitted two contributions to the European Commission as part of the consultation for the next long-term EU budget. In the submissions, FRA calls for stronger safeguards to ensure all EU funding upholds fundamental rights and the EU’s founding values. It also urges action to address the shrinking space and funding for civil society organi...
News Item 23 May 2025 Safeguarding values must be central to the future EU budget Weyo, adobestock.com, 2025 The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has submitted two contributions to the European Commission as part of the consultation for the next long-term EU budget. In the submissions, FRA calls for stronger safeguards to ensure all EU funding upholds fundamental rights and the EU’s founding values. It also urges action to address the shrinking space and funding for civil society organisations (CSOs) that work on fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law. The negotiations on the next long-term budget – the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) – are taking place amidst growing internal and external threats to democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. This concern was widely echoed by participants in the Annual EU Budget Conference 2025, including the Presidents of the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission. In this context, the EU and its Member States must ensure that the EU’s founding values are at the core of the next budget, including in the allocation of funds and in monitoring how funds are used. While the EU must aim at efficient and effective use of funds, the Financial Regulation also requires the EC and Member States to ensure full compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights when implementing the EU budget. To support this effort, FRA submitted a contribution to the public consultation on the performance...
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