04 Sep 2025
Commission adopts second package of MFF 2028–2034 proposals
On 3 September 2025, the Commission adopted a second package of seven sectoral proposals completing the framework for the next long-term EU budget for 2028–2034. These legal acts cover the following areas:
- The Single Market and Customs Programme;
- The Justice Programme;
- The Euratom Research and Training Programme;
- The Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation and Decommissioning;
- The Nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania (Ignalina programme);
- The Decision on the Overseas Association, including Greenland;
- The Pericles V Programme.
The Commission's proposal for the Euratom Research and Training Programme is €6.7 billion for the duration of the programme until 2032. However, the proposed amount for the entire duration of the future Multiannual Financial Framework will be €9.8 billion. The aim of the programme is to improve and support nuclear safety, security and safeguards, radiation protection, management of radioactive waste, non-power applications of nuclear science, such as in healthcare, and maintain the critical skills the nuclear sector needs to advance.
More than half of the budget is foreseen as the EU's contribution to ITER. Its aim is to prove the scientific and technical feasibility of fusion as a large-scale and carbon-free source of energy based on the same principle that powers our sun and other stars. With this investment, the Commission wants to contribute to the development of fusion energy into a viable energy source, driving industry development and innovation in the EU.
With these legal acts the Commission completes its proposal for the next long-term EU budget for 2028-2034 amounting to almost €2 trillion in current prices (or 1.26% of the EU's gross national income on average between 2028 and 2034).
The proposals will be discussed by Member States in the Council, acting by unanimity, with the consent of the European Parliament for the MFF. Negotiations are likely to begin next year.
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