The Commission's EU budget proposals and strategic autonomy
Thursday 15 January 2026
Will the next EU multi-annual framework boost the EU's strategic autonomy?
Our Professorial Research Fellow Iain Begg discusses this topic in the Audit Committee Institute’s latest Quarterly, applauding the new framework’s ambitions while questioning the realities of what limited funding can achieve.

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Audit Committee Institute January Quarterly Excerpt