Senior EU officials are doubling down on the need for substantial new EU-level taxes to finance the bloc's long-term budget, pushing back against scepticism from the so-called "frugal" member states.
The question of new own resources, part of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the bloc's €2 trillion long-term budget for 2028–2034, dominated the informal meeting of European Affairs Ministers in Dublin on Thursday and Friday.
