Ursula von der Leyen said it herself:

“The EU’s old budget was designed for a world that no longer exists.”

The problem? The new one is shaping up to be just as useless.

On Wednesday, the Commission will unveil its plan for how to spend the EU’s money from 2028 to 2034.
But even before it’s been presented, it’s already full of holes, limits, and compromises.

Europe today is facing it all: wars, skyrocketing energy prices, stagnant wages, vanishing jobs, young people leaving, and public healthcare in crisis.
Yet according to experts, the new budget will be far too small to fix any of it.

There’s always money — just not for you.

Whenever they need money, they find it:

  • for weapons,
  • for Ukraine,
  • for Brussels’ bloated bureaucracy,
  • for glossy “inclusivity” campaigns.

But for the citizens? Just crumbs.

Families, workers, farmers, students, retirees… are always at the bottom of the list.
As if the Union existed for everything — except the people who live in it.

The shameful trade-off

Meanwhile, some are using the EU budget like a bargaining chip to stay in power.
According to internal sources in the European Parliament, Ursula von der Leyen secured her survival from the recent no-confidence vote by promising the left more funding for “progressive” programs: social inclusion, gender equality, and the like.

No matter if there’s no money left for farming, jobs, or unemployment.
As long as she gets the votes to survive, the EU wallet magically opens.

The problem isn’t Europe — it’s who’s in charge.

Today, the EU budget is just 1% of the Union’s total annual income.
The United States, for comparison, spends 23% at the federal level.

And now, under the new plan, it could get even smaller — because starting in 2028, the EU has to begin paying back the massive post-COVID loan package, NextGenerationEU.

So instead of investing in the future, the EU will be spending the next years just repaying debt.

And the Commission?
Doesn’t ask for more money. Doesn’t raise its voice. Doesn’t take a stand.
Because Ursula has only one goal: staying in power. At all costs.

Not to help Europe — but to serve Germany and her own party’s interests.
As for the rest — the people — they’ll have to wait. If there’s anything left.

In the end, who pays? You do. Always.

This new plan is supposed to grow the economy, support businesses, protect the most vulnerable, and prepare Europe for what’s coming.
And yet?

  • One-third goes to agriculture.
  • One-third to regional funding (where Italy is bracing for a brutal fight).
  • The rest disappears into a mess of empty promises.

They talk about new funds for “competitiveness,” “climate,” and “security.”
But without real money behind them, these are just fancy titles for press conferences.

“We already spend the little we have badly,” experts say.
“And we keep telling ourselves it’s all fine.”

The truth no one says out loud

Here’s the thing: to approve the EU budget, unanimity is required.
Translation: just one country saying no is enough to blow the whole thing up.

All it takes is a threat from Budapest, a tantrum from Warsaw, or silence from Berlin — and billions in funding are frozen. Months of work, gone.

So the EU budget is no longer a tool for building the future.
It’s a minefield of vetoes, backroom deals, petty compromises, and political favours.

Meanwhile, citizens are hit with sky-high bills, collapsing healthcare, and unstable jobs.
And EU leaders? They’re too busy trying to stay afloat, protect their positions, and hand out the next high-level role.

If Europe really wants to survive, it needs to start choosing.
And it needs to choose the people who work, pay taxes, and keep this continent alive.

Not the ones feeding off it.

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