CAE Lunchtime Session | What is AgoraEU?
In early July 2035, the European Commission released its first proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), which will cover the period 2028-2034.
€8.6 billion—that’s the amount the European Commission is proposing for the new AgoraEU programme in the next EU long-term budget 2028-2034. The programme will support culture, media and civil society and will build on the success of Creative Europe and the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. Of that, €1.8 billion is earmarked for the Creative Europe – Culture strand, €3.2 billion for the Media+ strand, and €3.6 billion for the Democracy, Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values strand.
The total EU spending planned is €1984.6 billion, which is about 1.26% of the EU’s Gross National Income (GNI). By comparison, the current MFF stands at €1211 billion euros, or 1.13% of GNI. There have been different opinions on this: some voices argued the budget needed to grow to properly fund key priorities like security and climate action. More frugal member states think that the EU should focus on prioritising spending areas without expanding the total budget.
This is just the Commission’s first proposal: the total amount of EU spending is likely to change as negotiations unfold between the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. Read Culture Action Europe’s initial analysis of the MFF draft here.
In a recent Lunchtime Session for Culture Action Europe members, Head of Policy, Luiza Moroz, walked through a presentation about the new AgoraEU programme.