Esade Business & Law School

In this podcast we talked to international experts Béatrice Dumont (College of Europe), Nils Redeker (Jacques Delors Center) and Juan Moscoso del Prado (EsadeGeo) on the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework (EU seven-year budget). They draw on the conclusions of the event “The Coming Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF): Positions and Opportunities” held at Esade Madrid with the collaboration of the MAEC (Ministerio de Exteriores) on October 7th, 2025. Together, they examined the European Commission’s proposal for the 2028–2034 MFF, which accounts for nearly €1.98 trillion over seven years (€280 billion annually). While the plan represents the most profound reshaping of EU budgetary pillars in decades (reducing and merging agriculture and cohesion funds), participants questioned whether it is ambitious enough to meet Draghi’s call of €800 billion per year to revive Europe’s competitiveness. And most importantly, will Member States accept it? Nils Redeker pointed out that with roughly 90% of the EU budget