Von der Leyen’s party threatens to reject EU budget proposal in November

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“A rejection can solely be prevented if the Fee improves its proposal shortly. No choice is off the desk," Mureșan added in a written assertion.

The EPP is popping the screws on the Fee after days of conferences with commissioners in control of the finances that have been described by occasion insiders as unproductive.

If the standoff continues, the European Parliament may put ahead a movement to reject the proposal throughout a plenary session in Brussels on Nov. 12. Such a transfer would seemingly obtain the backing of most political teams.

The Fee may theoretically ignore the Parliament's vote — however which may spell bother additional down the road, provided that Parliament’s consent is required to approve the following seven-year finances, which covers the years 2028 to 2034.

To permit extra time for negotiations, the EPP walked again from a earlier risk to place ahead a movement towards the Fee proposal throughout subsequent week's plenary session in Strasbourg.

Below heavy stress from farmers and mayors, the EPP has demanded adjustments to a controversial plan to pool funds for farmers and areas — which make up over half of the whole EU finances — into single pots managed by nationwide governments.

“I had conferences with [Agriculture] Commissioner [Christophe] Hansen … we try to enhance the proposal,” Herbert Dorfmann, the EPP’s main agriculture lawmaker, instructed POLITICO. He warned they “are able to assist a rejection if there isn't any transfer” from the Fee.

Within the coming days, senior EPP lawmakers will proceed assembly with the commissioners in control of the finances, agriculture and regional coverage — Piotr Serafin, Christophe Hansen and Raffaele Fitto — in a bid to safe concessions.