Juncker: EU budget must be up

- BRUSSELS (ANP)- The EU budget, which, according to Brussels, costs the citizen a cup of coffee per day, is insufficient for the ambitions and challenges that Europe faces.

According to Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, the current ceiling of 1.2% of the EU's gross domestic product must increase.

Juncker said this at the opening of a two-day conference on the future financing of the EU. 'I think Europe is worth more than a cup of coffee a day. 'He pointed out that unforeseen challenges such as the floods of asylum seekers, terrorist threats and natural disasters due to climate change have been brought in. Moreover, the departure of Great Britain from the EU will reduce the amount of 12 billion euros per year in the EU's household pot. will end up.

The 28 member states are now jointly pumping approximately 145 billion euros of their jointly produced wealth into the Brussels 'treasury' every year.