Seminar - Designing the next Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Union

Against the background of "Brexit" and numerous new challenges, the European Union of 27 will have to agree on a multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the next decade. The main objective of the seminar is to enable participants to understand the issues at stake and the choices to be made in designing an MFF. They will familiarise themselves with the legal framework, the concept of European Value Added and discuss the state and future of main spending policies. A session will focus on the financing of the budget and a possible "EU tax". Finally, participants will analyse the negotiation process, the struggle between net contributors and "friends of cohesion" and the role of the European Parliament.
A part of the seminar are workshops which allow participants a hands-on experience how the EU budget can be used to address key European priorities (migration and youth unemployment) and how a Financial Framework is negotiated.