Security and competitiveness are vital, but they must go hand in hand with the Cohesion Policy and the Common Agricultural Policy. You cannot have security without food security. You cannot boost competitiveness without investment. Change to strengthen, do not change to weaken.

The next #EUBudget must offer predictability. Farmers, students, SMEs, researchers need to know what funds are available, under what conditions, and for what priorities. #EPlenary European Commission European Parliament

There cannot be national security without food security. The Common Agricultural Policy is a core responsibility of the #EU — it guarantees jobs, rural development, food security, and high consumer protection. Its identity must be preserved in the next #EUbudget. #EPlenary

Farmers have done more, under more pressure. They face extreme weather, price volatility, inflation, labour shortages, and still feed us while protecting the #environment. We are asking more from them, so we have a duty to do more for them. This is why, the #CAP stould stay a

The motion of censure against the European Commission was firmly rejected today in the #EPlenary vote. It received 107 fewer votes than the ones against the College of Commissioners last year. Yet another failed attempt by radical voices to divide Europe. Trust in #EU institutions

🇷🇴 Romanian President @NicusorDan sent a strong message for reform today at the @PNLRomania Congress. The partnership between President Nicușor Dan, Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, and @PNLRomania is essential for strengthening Romania and delivering results at the EU level.

We have just elected Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as the new President of @PNLRomania, the centre-right governing party of Romania. Under his leadership, PNL will provide the strong, responsible government that #Romania needs. 🇷🇴

🇪🇺 "The EPP is proud of the leadership that @PNLRomania and Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan are showing in these challenging times for Europe and Romania." – EPP President Manfred Weber, today at the PNL Congress in Bucharest where we reelected Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan as

Ahead of the European Commission proposal on the next long-term #EUBudget on Wednesday, we continue to voice the European Parliament’s position: a modern #MFF, adapted to new priorities. Defence and competitiveness will be the new priorities, but not at the expense of cohesion or

The #EU stands with the people of #Moldova in defending their democracy against foreign interference. Grateful to have Mihai Popșoi with us today in the European Parliament’s AFET Committee Press meeting, to reaffirm our common goal: a stable, secure, and European Moldova. A stable

Moldova deserves full, permanent access to the EU market. This is what I said today in European Parliament's #INTA meeting. Temporary trade liberalisation helped Moldovan farmers during a critical time. Now we should make it permanent. The more we integrate Moldova’s economy, the

1.2% of the whole EU budget, for 7 years, for 27 member states, decided in 2020 for defence is not enough. That is why the next #EUbudget must reflect today’s reality: Europe needs to invest in #security, #defence. It is now more important than ever. Even so, it must not be

We cannot do more with less. The size of the #EUbudget must increase — the Union’s priorities have evolved, and so must our resources. Any increase of the budget needs to be realistic, moderate and well justified. We need to manage EU public resources with great care. We

The European Commission was supposed to present the draft budget for the European Union for 2028 - 2034 this afternoon at 12:30 to the European Parliament. This meeting is now delayed until at least 14:00 and we have still not received any official proposal to analyse. Given

The European Commission has started the #MFF negotiations on the wrong foot. Yes to progress on defence, competitiveness, and own resources — but key red lines of the European Parliament have been ignored.

Europe needs a shared, common vision that balances flexibility and predictability. We believe that national regional partnership plans are bad for Member States, as they create competition. A real #EUbudget must preserve #agriculture and #cohesion, not water them down. #MFF

The proposal put forward now by the European Commission is a proposal to re-nationalise the budget of the European Union. We, the European Parliament, believe this would weaken the budget. And we believe this would weaken the European Union as well. #MFF #EUBudget

We want a budget that is European. We, the European Parliament, want a #EUbudget which is sufficient and gives predictability and certainty to the beneficiaries: to research, to farmers, to the local and regional level. #MFF EU Budget

The proposal for the next #MFF put forward by the European Commission leaves us with more questions than answers. It is less democratic, less transparent, less European. It weakens the role of the European Parliament . ❌National plans via Implementing Acts: no role. ❌Competitiveness

We, the European Parliament cannot accept that the budget of the European Union becomes the sum of 27 national, eventually conflicting different agendas. The #EUBudget must not become a cash machine. #EUBudget #Budget #EU #MFF