António Costa will also test the ground with Prime Minister Janša
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- António Costa is meeting Janez Janša during a tour of EU capitals to discuss Slovenia’s priorities for the bloc’s next multiannual budget.
- Slovenia will need to weigh cohesion funding against an excellence-based criterion that could favor larger and more developed member states.
- More than 400 billion euros has been proposed for an EU competitiveness fund.
European Council President António Costa is due to sound out Prime Minister Janez Janša on Slovenia’s position over the European Union’s next long-term budget.
The talks form part of Costa’s tour of EU member-state capitals. He is expected to examine Slovenia’s expectations and the proposals currently under discussion that Ljubljana views with reservations.
Janša will have to account not only for cohesion, but also for an excellence criterion in the distribution of European funds aimed at boosting competitiveness. That approach could favor larger and more developed countries, along with their strategic companies and research institutes.
The proposed competitiveness fund is valued at more than 400 billion euros. Reaching a compromise on the future EU budget, the description says, resembles solving the squaring of the circle.
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