The European Budget
summary
Proposes shifting EU budget funds away from traditional farm and cohesion programs into research, artificial intelligence and external security, detailing a concrete €10 billion reallocation. Recommends expanding Frontex to 1,000 experts, creating a public–private matching mechanism to fund pan‑EU infrastructure and innovation projects (similar to the Connecting Europe Facility), and notes pilot stability operations in Mali, Nigeria and Egypt; cites that net‑contributing states still receive returns (example: 17% of funds flowing back to Germany).
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:09Policy research and security
- 7:25Investments for stability
- 12:23Member state coordination
- 17:08Refugee crisis and borders
- 20:32Parliament dynamics
- 23:08Public sphere commentary
- 24:56Closing
