Setting aside past criticism aimed at the EU institutions and common
policies, especially migration, the two countries invited the European
Commission to make a draft proposal for the next MFF that is “more
courageous” than the previous one (2014-2020), approved in the aftermath
of the crisis.
At a high-level conference hosted by the Commission, János Lazar,
minister of the Hungarian prime minister’s office said that Budapest is
“willing to increase” its contribution to the EU budget.
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“We would like to be net contributors,” he repeated.
“We support the Commission’s intention to propose a MFF higher than
1% (of the EU’s GDP),” added Polish Secretary of State for European
Affairs Konrad Szymanski.
He added that it would be “the right answer” in light of the
financial hole that the UK will leave in the bloc’s coffers after its
departure and the new goals Europe will face, including migration.
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