The discussion about the future of the european Union finances: new proposals to simplify the access to the european Union’s funds

The main message that the european Union launched today, during the discussion on the future of the european Union finances was that a simplification of the access to the european funds in the budget framework post 2020 will be fundamental.

Today, the life of local authorities that manage european funds or businesses that try to apply for european funds is not always easy. Simplification is therefore key and the european Union should look into how to further simplify access to european funds after 2020.

The european Commissioner in charge of budget and human resources, said:

Citizens expect the european Union to do more, yet the european Union budget is decreasing. To solve this dilemma, we must make the most out of every euro that we spent. And simpler rules make for better spending

The commissioner for employment, social affairs, skills and labour mobility said:

Using the full potential of simplification will save money and time that can be used instead for boosting social convergence across Europe.

The current architecture of the rules is effective but needs a good clean-up. Shared management governance should be kept to ensure mutual trust and ownership of common growth and jobs goals. But the simplest rules are those that are few in number.

At the end, should be necessary to harmonise rules in different european funds and instruments in terms of state aid, public procurement and methods to reimburse costs, to facilitate synergies and it should be make available to all Member states and regions an even simpler framework, provided they fulfil a numer of criteria, for example, a reliable management and control systems, a significant national co-financing to incentivise sound spending and an identification of key structural reforms to implement and focus on few priority areas.

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