#EUXL: Parliament ready for budget talks, MEP Tavares tells Euronews

Added: 2026-05-20

[00:00:00]We need to start to work with council and the commission formal working. We are waiting for the nego box the proposal for the Cyprus presidency with the figures and the priorities the all the numbers in the all the box in the three in the in in those wedding adding one adding two and then the three.

[00:00:21]The national regional plans competitiveness and global Europe and for us in this moment what our position it's to work together we don't I think you're okay it's not possible to have the a consensus with the with the commission now for us in this moment we need or with the council sorry and the commission of course for us in this moment we are able and prepared to work together with council and commission.

[00:00:54]For the parliament will will be very difficult to accept decrease the traditional policies for example the cohesion or the European social fund to increase the security and defense and competitiveness. We think it's important to invest more much more in these areas but at same level and same time we need to stay with traditional policies.