EU budget 2028-2034: Overview of the Commission’s proposal

Written by Marianna Pari and Stéphanie Pradier.

The European Commission presented its proposals for the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework (MFF) on 16 July 2025. It proposes a budget amounting to a total of almost €1.8 trillion in commitments over the seven years. Each MFF constitutes the EU’s budgetary plan for a 7-year period, setting the maximum level of spending (‘ceilings’) for each major category of expenditure (‘heading’). This briefing provides an overview of the main components of the proposed long-term EU budget for the years 2028 to 2034. It also provides an initial comparison with the current budget framework for 2021-2027, focusing on commitment appropriations. (Amounts in this briefing are given in constant 2025 prices, unless otherwise stated. Comparisons at the level of individual programmes are only approximate, given the streamlining and regrouping proposed by the Commission.)

Read the complete briefing on ‘EU budget 2028-2034: Overview of the Commission’s proposal‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.