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From 15 to 17 May 2023 the European Parliament is hosting a conference on the topic 'Beyond Growth'. This study introduces participants and other stakeholders and interested parties to the debate on going beyond growth. Organised in two parts, the study first presents the status quo, with our reliance on economic growth as the main policy driver and gross domestic product (GDP) as a key economic measure, blind spots related to this reliance, and the need to address multiple system failures. It notes ...

European Union Member States and institutions are preparing to embark on negotiations on the EU's next long-term budget, or Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), that will cover five or seven years, starting in January 2021. The European Commission is considering strengthening the budget for new priority areas, such as defence, security and migration. At the same time, the new MFF will have to bridge the financing gap left by United Kingdom withdrawal from the Union. That could mean that EU funding ...

Rozpočet EÚ prešiel od nadobudnutia účinnosti finančných výhľadov na roky 2007 – 2013 pred desiatimi rokmi významnými zmenami. V roku 2009 nadobudla platnosť Zmluva o fungovaní Európskej únie (ZFEÚ), ktorá bola uzatvorená v Lisabone. Touto zmluvou sa výrazne zmenili právomoci inštitúcií Európskej únie. Svetová finančná kríza, ktorá vypukla v roku 2008, a po nej nasledujúca kríza v eurozóne, priniesli požiadavku úsporných opatrení v členských štátoch EÚ a vytvorili tlak aj na samotný rozpočet EÚ. ...

The UK 'abatement', 'rebate' or 'correction' is the ad hoc mechanism that is applied to lower the UK's contribution to the EU budget, by reimbursing 66% of the country's budgetary imbalance (the difference between payments and receipts). In 2014, the rebate amounted to almost €6.1 billion, reducing the UK's national contribution by 35% – to €11.34 billion – leaving it the fourth largest national contribution. All Member States but the UK cover the costs of the rebate. Introduced in 1985, it has remained ...