EU Budget 2028–2034: Negotiations Enter the Decisive Phase
With the handover from the Cypriot to the Irish Presidency, negotiations on the future Multiannual Financial Framework are shifting towards resources and governance.
With the handover from the Cypriot to the Irish Presidency, negotiations on the future Multiannual Financial Framework are shifting towards resources and governance.
“Now more than ever, our freedom, security and autonomy will depend on our ability to innovate, remain competitive and grow” (A Competitiveness Compass for the EU, Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, 29/01/2025) Faced with a world undergoing rapid technological change, threatened by geopolitical tensions and marked by an accelerating environmental and demographic transition, the European Union must treat innovation as a strategic imperative.
With the Joint Communication from the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 16 October 2025, “The Pact for the Mediterranean – One Sea, One Pact, One Future,” the European Commission set out to renew the Barcelona Process, launched in 1995 to deepen relations between Europe and the third countries of the Mediterranean within the framework of a strengthened Euro-Mediterranean partnership.
The new website of the Ministry of Culture’s Grant Office is now online and available at: https://grantoffice.