EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for cross-border education, training and solidarity, young people, media, culture, and creative sectors, values, and civil society. A public consultation for the next generation of financial programmes is open!

A public consultation for the next generation of financial programmes is happening now and until May, so don’t miss out on it! 💶

Consultation period:

12 February 2025 – 06 May 2025  (midnight Brussels time) 

The Commission would like to hear your views.

This public consultation is open. Your input will be taken into account as we further develop and fine-tune this initiative. We will summarise the input we receive in a synopsis report, explaining how we have taken it into account. Feedback received will be published on this site and therefore must adhere to the feedback rules.

Summary

The current multiannual financial framework (MFF) — the EU’s long-term budget – runs until the end of 2027.

In 2025, the Commission will put forward comprehensive proposals for the post-2027 MFF and for the next generation of financial programmes.

As announced in President von der Leyen’s Political Guidelines, the Commission is working towards a focused, simpler and more impactful EU budget that reflects the EU’s strategic priorities, with the ambition to be an ‘investment Commission’.

This consultation covers EU funds implemented with Member States and regions in the following areas:

cohesion policy,

common agricultural policy,

fisheries and maritime policies,

home affairs and Trans-European Networks.

The decision to cluster issues serves to support the preparatory work and does not pre-empt the architecture of future programmes.

This consultation is part of the overall public consultation exercise on the next MFF, related public consultations open for feedback can be found here: 

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) EU funding for competitiveness,

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) EU funding for external action, 

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for cross-border education,training and solidarity,youth,media,culture, and creative sectors,values, and civil society, 

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for civil protection, preparedness and response to crises, 

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – EU funding for the single market, and cooperation between national authorities, 

EU’s next long-term budget (MFF) – performance of the EU budget.