Draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 – General introduction – General statement of revenue – General statement of revenue and expenditure by section

The draft budget (DB) 2015 is the first one to be prepared with the full budgetary framework as foreseen by the Lisbon Treaty. Now that the Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the years 2014-2020 and the legal acts for the new generation of spending programmes have been adopted by the legislator, all preconditions are met for a proper implementation of the new programmes and actions.

However, the financial programming 2014-2020 and the management of the annual budgets have to face the reality of scarce resources as reflected in low annual ceilings under the MFF. The key priority for 2015 will be to ensure that the EU budget is provided with the required means so that it can fully deliver its reinforced contribution to growth and jobs and to providing solidarity between Member States and regions – all that under clear constraints.

The draft budget 2015 will focus on those measures that make a tangible difference to European citizens’ lives by targeting support to employment, businesses, education and research, while proposing the ways to contain the increasing amounts of unpaid payment claims due to insufficient financial resources in recent years.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)300: Follow the progress of this document through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:300:FIN

ESO: Background information: Preliminary draft budget / General budget http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-preliminary-draft-budget-general-budget-2007/

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