Europe at a crossroads: Pens or ploughshares

The Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) is not just a budget, but the compass that determines the direction of the European Union for the next seven years. Around this idea, Bulgarian MEPs Ilhan Kyuchyuk and Petar Vitanov united during an event within the "Democratic Mosaic" festival, which took place in the center of Sofia on September 26. On the topic: The EC wants greener agriculture, the states ask: With what budget? Ilhan Kyuchyuk, a current MEP and Chair of the Committee on Legal Affairs in the European Parliament, emphasized the importance of the budget as a strategic framework: "The budget is a defined direction for the EU. What is adopted as the MFF will have an impact on the entire Union for 7 years. It determines the direction of development of the EU – whether it wants to be a geopolitical player, whether it wants greater autonomy for its defense industry, whether it wants to be a factor in international relations." According to him, the European Commission's ...