The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and its duration

Please note: Each In-Depth Analysis is assigned a DOI (digital object identifier), which is a safe and long term way of ensuring a hyperlink to the full text of this report. However, when ESO creates this record, on occasion the DOI still has not been activated by the EU Bookshop. If you find the source url hyperlink does not work please use the alternative location hyperlink listed as a related url.The study focuses on the characteristic features of the MFF and on how to implement the EU budget more effectively in the future. The analysis concentrates on 3 possible options in connection with the duration of the next MFF. The main advantages and disadvantages of 5-year, 7-year and 10(5+5)-year scenarios are examined from the point of view of predictability (stability) and responsiveness (flexibility), and, in addition, from the perspective of political cycles and implementation time tables.

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ESO: Background information: Website: Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/multiannual-financial-framework-2014-2020/

ESO: Find further information in ESO on the Multiannual Financial Framework http://www.europeansources.info/advSearchLink?keyword=mff%20financial%20framework%20&searchOption=all

EPRS: At a Glance, September 2017: The future of EU finances http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-future-of-eu-finances/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: In-Depth Analysis, October 2017: The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and its duration http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2017/603798/IPOL_IDA(2017)603798_EN.pdf

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