From CAP to Competitiveness - Reforming EU Budget

EU budget spending has not responded to Europe´s changing needs, globalisation and the challenges that lie ahead of us. For instance, the need to adapt to a more service-oriented society, the need to boost mobility, competitiveness and innovation, the need to meet changing demographic challenges and migratory pressures and the need to tackle environmental concerns and climate change. The EU budget seems to have lived a life of its own on the sidelines, reflecting the politics and objectives of the past, lacking both political will and legal flexibility to adapt. This situation must change.