Joint statement from ONE, Aidsfonds, Global Citizen and rani - co-founders of the MFF Hub, a network of over 100 organizations campaigning to increase financing for development, humanitarian help and global climate action in the next MFF.

We welcome the European Parliament’s firm commitment to agree on a new own resources package totalling at least €60 billion per year. The Parliament reiterated what has long been obvious: without a modernised and diversified revenue base, adopted at the same time as the long-term budget, there is no credible financing of the EU’s priorities, both old and new.

The European Parliament has sent a clear message to the Council today: defaulting to the status quo is a strategic retreat that Europe simply cannot afford.

The options included in the European Commission proposal on Own Resources, would bring much-needed resources to meet the EU’s financing needs. However, proposals gaining traction at the global level, such as taxing the super-rich, luxury air travel and the profits of fossil fuel giants, were not included.

Today’s proposal to allocate €200 billion in the EU’s external action budget is potentially game-changing.

As the EU prepares to negotiate its next long-term budget, the European Parliament has thrown down the gauntlet with a clear message ahead of the European Commission’s legislative proposal, anticipated in July: "the status quo is not an option."

As co-founding members of the MFF Hub, Aidsfonds, Global Citizen, The ONE Campaign and Pandemic Action Network issued the following statement

EU'S BISTAND: Der venter ngo’er og civilsamfundet en svær opgave, når de skal overbevise EU’s magthavere om vigtigheden af udviklings- og klimadagsordenen.

A proposed "single instrument” would prioritize help for new EU members and "blow apart" existing development work, CSOs are warning.

As leaders enter 2025, they must focus on three key factors: the scale of the threat Europe faces, the need to rebuild trust, and the urgency of delivering impact.

For the first time, on 9 December, 70 organisations initiated a joint effort to call for the European Union (EU) to increase its funding for development, humanitarian assistance and climate action in the next long-term budget of the EU.