![\\"logo\\"](\\"/img/logo-dpa-factchecking.svg\\"/) * WhatsApp service * About Us ![\\"IFCN](\\"/img/ifcn-certificate.png\\"/) ![\\"EFCSN](\\"/img/efcsn- certificate.png\\"/) ## Wrong number # The EU's seven-year budget has not yet been spent August 23, 2023, 11:16 a.m. (CEST) The EU repeatedly comes under criticism, not least because of its budget Demands on Member States. But it really is "broke"? Since 2019, the world has been moving from one crisis to the next, and the EU is too not exempt from this. With the corona pandemic, the war in Ukraine and Because of the still very high inflation, there are gaping holes in the budget. The EU The Commission recently even asked for more money from the member states. There is currently a claim doing the rounds online that the EU budget for 2021 will be used up by 2027. ## Evaluation This does not stand up to closer examination. There are no indications that the EU would have spent the seven-year budget in 2021 and 2022. When asked, the EU Commission's Budget Directorate-General says that 2021 and In 2022, around a quarter of the total available budget was spent had been. ## Facts The statement on social media probably refers to posts by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on X (formerly Twitter). End In June this year he claimed that Brussels had already passed the seven-year budget out after two years. However, Orban did not say himself that one Billion should already be gone, as is claimed on Facebook. It is possible that the claimed trillion was mistakenly taken from the income of the EU from 2021 and 2022 - these result in well over one Trillion euros. The EU's long-term budget, including the multiannual financial framework (“Multiannual Financial Framework”, MFF) is the total budget for Union expenditure over seven years. Covers the period from 2021 to 2027 the budget is 1.2 trillion euros - together with the “Next Generation EU», around two trillion euros are planned. «In 2021 and 2022, the total expenditure from the EU Budget and Next Generation EU to 227,996.2 million euros and 243,321, respectively million euros,” says the EU Commission’s Budget Directorate General at the request of the German Press Agency. Together, this corresponds to around 23 percent of the total funds from MFF and “Next Generation EU" until 2027. The EU editions for 2021 and 2022 are also online visible. Orban and the EU still have a tense relationship. The EU Commission criticizes the lack of combating corruption in Hungary ultimately led to the freezing of 6.3 billion euros from EU funds. Also Hungary's attacks on media freedom have been criticized. Hungary Prime Minister Orban, on the other hand, always finds sharp words for the EU. (As of: August 23, 2023) ## Links Facebook post (archived) X post by Orban (archived) «Politico» article (archived) Federal Chancellery on EU funding (archived) European Council on the 2021 budget (archived) EU Spending and Revenue (archived) Factsheet of the European Parliament (archived) “Next Generation EU” (archived) Research funding agency about “Next Generation EU” (archived) “Spiegel” article on the freezing of EU funds for Hungary (archived) “Spiegel” article on Orban’s statement (archived) “Tagesschau” on corruption in Hungary (archived) “Tagesschau” EU lawsuit (archived) Reporters Without Borders about Hungary (archived) ### About dpa fact checks This fact check was carried out as part of the Facebook/Meta independent program Fact check created. Find detailed information about this program You here. Explanations from Facebook/Meta on how to deal with accounts that provide false information spread, can be found here. If you have any objections or comments regarding the content, please send them with a link to the affected Facebook post to factcheck- oesterreich@dpa.com. Please use the relevant templates for this. Information on objections can be found here. Did you know? If you have doubts about a message, claim, image or If you have a video, you can also contact the dpa fact check via WhatsApp. Further information can be found here. powered by dpa-newslab | Imprint | Privacy | About:
The EU spent the sevenyear budget in two years