– The Union was highly pacifist, but the war made our strategical sovereignty, with uncertainty about the US guarantees, besides require a military dimension that is explicitly prohibited in the budget, but can be financed outside the budget.
This is the task of Piotr Serafin, who thinks about how to do it, so as not to violate the Treaty rules," says Newseria news agency Janusz Lewandowski, associate of the European Parliament from the PO. – This is the first long-term budget of the war time and he must besides have arms spending, but not at the expense of cohesia, not at the expense of agricultural policy.
Over the 2 decades, Poland’s full EU membership balance amounted to EUR 161.6 billion net
Poland has been part of the European Union for 21 years. According to the calculations of the Ministry of Finance, in 2 decades the full balance of Poland's membership of the European Union amounted to EUR 161.6 billion net, and almost 2 thirds (65%) of the backing was transferred under cohesion policy, mainly for improving transport, energy and social infrastructure. any 30 percent of the funds were transferred to Poland under the common agricultural policy.
The current seven-year financial plan ends in 2027, the following will cover the years 2028–2034. If, in the fresh perspective, more money is allocated to cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy, Poland will besides be the net beneficiary of the EU budget during this period.
We are most committed to defending conventional cohesion policy and agricultural policy
On 16 July, the European Commission will present its budget thought in the next 7 years. The task is intended to supply for less programmes, a larger share of unplanned amounts, as well as mechanisms and reserves that will enable a faster and more flexible consequence to changing needs. It will besides include more measures to strengthen security. In May, the European Parliament voted against the Commission's proposal to build budgets for the period after 2027 as well as the NCPs.
“Parliament knows that conventional policies must be preserved, due to the fact that they have built the visibility of the European Union in all countries, namely cohesion policy, agricultural policy in 2 pillars: direct subsidies, and agrarian development,” says Janusz Lewandowski. "Our main concern is to defend conventional cohesion policy and agricultural policy, due to the fact that here we are the biggest beneficiaries and we will most likely be them until 2034. In addition, the debt incurred during the pandemic must be repaid, that is, at a highest of about EUR 30 billion, and this requires fresh sources of supply for the European budget,” adds the Euro MP.
Centralization of cohesia is simply a denial of all the conclusions we have so far
The European Commission has previously proposed, alternatively of sectoral programmes, to replicate the concept of a single national plan for each associate State, that the Instrument for Reconstruction and Enhancing Immunity (KPO) would be the benchmark for spending resources under shared management after 2027. The European Parliament rejected this proposal in May.
– The centralization of cohesia is simply a denial of all the conclusions we have so far. specified a regional cohesion policy gives a sense of ownership to regional authorities, it is visible in individual regions of Poland and does not exposure cohesion policy to the imagination of central power. We have well implemented these programmes, which I have designed for the years 2014-2020, already implemented during the policy of the Law and Justice, due to the fact that they were implemented in the regions. We did not get any fresh money, but what was agreed on and what was within the remit of the individual regions was utilized in the first place," explains Janusz Lewandowski, who served as Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget from 2010 to 2015.
Investment in defence is besides needed
The European Parliament's Committee on Budgets inactive adopted a study in April, which stressed that the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) had to include financial resources well above 1% of the European Union's gross national income (GNI). According to the committee, the next MFF should focus on financing European public goods with clear added value compared to national spending. There is besides a request to increase investment in defence, recommending joint borrowing by issuing EU bonds.
