MFF: WWF calls for “€1,000bn dedicated to climate spending”, denounces Presidency’s proposed 8% cut

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The Irish Presidency’s latest “negotiating box” for the 2028-2034 MFF proposes cutting €159bn (€141bn in 2025 prices) from the European Commission’s proposal. In 2025 prices, this would lower the overall ceiling from €1,763bn to €1,622bn, an 8% reduction announced on 10 October 2026, which will “leave Europe unprepared to face climate and energy-related challenges", according to WWF.

“With 35% of the budget set to go towards climate and environment, this cut to the overall sum of the MFF would reduce spending for these priorities from €590 billion to around €560 billion,” declared the NGO, following the release of the Council's updated proposal for the next MFF.

WWF is calling for at least € 1,000 billion to be dedicated to climate and environment spending in the next EU budget, including…

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