Co-rapporteurs Siegfried Mureşan (EPP, Romania) and Carla Tavares (S&D, Portugal) will hold a press briefing on Tuesday, 9 September in Strasbourg at 14.30 CET on their assessment of the Commission’s proposal for the EU’s post-2027 long-term budget that was presented in July.

When: Tuesday, 9 September 2025, 14.30-15.30 CET

Where: WEISS building, S2.1 room at the European Parliament in Strasbourg

Journalists wishing to follow the briefing online and ask questions, please connect via Interactio: https://ep.interactio.eu/396q-hbr-epmf-787

Interpretation will be provided in English, French, Romanian and Portuguese.

Background

The Commission proposed the main legislative package on the next EU long-term budget, the MFF, on 16 July 2025. In their initial reaction, the co-rapporteurs warned that the budget maths do not add up, that the 1.26% spending ceiling proposed by the Commission will put key EU programmes at risk while debt repayments for NextGenerationEU loom. The new budget…