Smart spending and a focus on future-oriented priorities, such as innovation and education, will be key to create more jobs in the next decade.
There is no room for losing another decade, national and EU representatives concurred in January during a high-level conference on the EU’s next multi-annual budget for 2020-2027.
Image: Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Creţu and Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger, during a press conference last year. Oettinger said that the only two areas that would not suffer cuts in the next MFF are Horizon 2020, the EU's research programme, and Erasmus. (European Commission)
