Can the EU borrow the money it needs?

Professor Alan Matthews looks at the EU's capacity to borrow in the light of the new budgetary framework: https://capreform.eu/the-role-of-borrowing-in-the-eus-mff-budget-discussions/

Key issues for agricultural stakeholders are

1. Whether the EU should be endowed with permanent borrowing powers.

2. How to expand the EU’s own resources.

• 3. Whether agriculture and rural development might benefit from the proposed Catalyst Europe loan programme in the next MFF.