The European Commission assessed the consequences of the decision to cut the EU budget by €80 billion on the global aid program

According to Politico, €80 billion in cuts to the Global Europe budget as part of the next seven-year financial plan threatens massive staff cuts at EU offices around the world. It's from sb.by.

According to TASS, an internal study of the European Commission confirmed that such savings will result in a serious reduction in staff, which will eventually weaken the foreign policy influence of the European Union. At the same time, the discussion is unfolding in parallel with the initiatives of Paris and Berlin to reform the European foreign policy apparatus.

At the same time, some diplomats regard forecasts of cuts as a kind of “horror stories” designed to intensify discussions in the capitals of the participating countries. In the course of elaborating financial scenarios, all possible options and their consequences are analyzed.

Earlier, the leaders of Austria, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Finland made a joint call to cut the draft EU budget for 2028-2034 by several hundred billion euros. One of the key points of their position was disagreement with the expansion of the staff of EU institutions.

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