The European Commission has proposed a national allocation for Croatia of €16,8 billion in the seven-year budget for the period 2028-2034 within the framework of national and regional plans that include funds for cohesion and agriculture.
Within this 16,8 billion euros, 1,3 billion is earmarked for migration, security and home affairs and one billion for climate protection.
On Wednesday, the European Commission published a proposal for a seven-year budget for the period from 2028 to 2034, amounting to two trillion euros.
The largest part of the budget, 48 percent, or 865 billion, relates to national and regional partnership plans, through which each member state will receive its own financial envelope, as was the case with the recovery and resilience funds.
This includes funds for cohesion, rural development, fisheries and coastal areas, border management, social policy, food security, migration and internal security.
In the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2021-2027, the envelope for Croatia amounted to just under 15 billion euros.
In addition to national allocations, member states will be able to use funds from other budget items, such as the Competitiveness Fund, worth 450 billion euros, which is intended for innovation, investments in resilience, security, the defense industry and space technologies.
Within this fund, 131 billion is intended exclusively for investments in defense and space.
The Commission's proposal is just the beginning of a long negotiation process that will last at least two years. The first discussion will take place today at a meeting of European Affairs Ministers in Brussels.
The Danish presidency intends to prepare the first draft of the negotiating framework by the end of the year, which should be discussed by the leaders of the member states at the summit in the second half of December.
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