Today, I met with the leaders of the Eastern German Länder at a conference chaired by Thuringia’s Minister-President Mario Voigt to discuss the role of the regions in the next long-term #EUBudget.

Constructive exchange today with the European Parliament’s MFF Contact Group on the next EU long-term budget. The Commission stands ready to continue working closely with the Parliament and the Council of the EU to seek common ground ahead of the planned meeting of the three Presidents.

Valuable discussion today with Members of the European Parliament from the Budgets Committee on key elements of the EU budget framework ➡️ the MFF Regulation, the Interinstitutional Agreement, and the Own Resources Decision. #EUBudget

Congratulations to Petr Klement on his appointment as Director-General of OLAF, the European Anti-Fraud Office @euantifraud.bsky.social !   🇪🇺 I look forward to working together for the protection of EU taxpayers’ money and strengthening the fight against fraud. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Today I met the European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi and the President of Eurojust Michael Schmid. I was keen to hear their views on the ongoing review of the EU’s anti‑fraud architecture. Protecting taxpayers’ money is our shared priority.

The Commission takes the allegations of espionage by Hungarian authorities within EU institutions very seriously. Protecting our staff and information remains a top priority. 🔗 Full speech: ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Europe must invest more in competitiveness - in innovation, defence, and security. The only question is: do we do it solely through national budgets, or also together via the #EUbudget? 🇪🇺

Today I visited Bio City Vilnius, a key hub for Europe’s growing biotech ecosystem. Investments in biotech drive growth, high-value jobs & strengthen Europe’s leadership in life sciences. Thanks to Prof. Vladas Algirdas Bumelis for the warm welcome! 🇱🇹🇪🇺

The next long-term budget isn’t just numbers - it’s strategy. Like Grand Duke Gediminas 700 years ago, Europe must think ahead, act together, and defend its future. #EUbudget 🇱🇹🇪🇺

Started my visit to Estonia 🇪🇪 with a meeting with Prime Minister Kristen Michal. Europe’s strength depends on investing in defence, security and competitiveness - key priorities as we continue our work on the next long-term #EUBudget.

Excellent meeting with Commissioner for Budget @piotrserafin.bsky.social on the margins of the Capital Markets Seminar #CMS2025. We are working closely together to maximise the impact of the EU budget in safeguarding competitiveness, security, and strategic autonomy.

With President of Gdańsk, Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, we visited Art Hub Gdańsk and new social housing partly funded by #NextGenEU. Gdańsk shows how growth can support culture and leave no one behind.

Miałem przyjemność gościć dziś Ministra Rolnictwa Pana Stefana Krajewskiego. Rozmawialiśmy o przyszłości Wspólnej Polityki Rolnej, w tym propozycjach nowych Wieloletnich Ram Finansowych oraz gwarancjach dopłat bezpośrednich i środków na rozwój wsi.

Exploring the diverse history of Kraków – a city shaped by people from across Europe. Today I met with Mayor of Kraków @miszalski.bsky.social to see how the #EUBudget can support its further growth.

Exchange with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka on Ukraine’s EU accession path and the EU’s steadfast support against Russia’s brutal aggression.

📍 Rozpoczęliśmy wizytę w Polsce spotkaniem z Ministrem Finansów Andrzejem Domańskim. Rozmowy dotyczyły założeń nowego budżetu UE oraz kluczowych priorytetów dla Polski i całej Unii. 🇵🇱🇪🇺 #budżetUE #EUinPL

Today marks the start of a new chapter with negotiations for the next long-term #EUBudget. Today I presented the Commission’s proposal for the Union’s next long-term budget to the BUDG Committee of the European Parliament.

Just a week ahead of the publication of the @ec.europa.eu proposal on the next long-term #EUBudget, I had the chance to address the @europarl.europa.eu The MFF – like the EU itself – is a win-win concept. Let us prove, once again, that Europe delivers – together.

Miło było dziś spotkać się z polskimi stażystami Blue Book i Schumana 🇵🇱🇪🇺 Tuż przed końcem ich stażu porozmawialiśmy o wrażeniach z ostatnich 5 miesięcy pracy w @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu To naturalni ambasadorzy UE – zachęcałem ich, by dalej dzielili się tym doświadczeniem.

Over 12h of meetings at European Parliament today in Strasburg, hearing many voices across political spectrum. The next #EUBudget won’t fix everything, but can show that by working together, we can achieve more - and in many cases more efficiently and cheaper than Member States acting alone.

The 2024 #OLAF annual report is out ☑️ 👀Find out how we protected the EU’s financial interests, reputation and budget. 💻 Access the full digital report - europa.eu/!BGWbnP 📑Access the shorter print version - europa.eu/!4yrbPn #OLAFReport2024 #EUAntiFraud

Glad to host Belgian Deputy Prime Ministers Maxime Prévot, Vincent Van Peteghem, and Jan Jambon to discuss the next EU long-term budget. Tomorrow, I continue my Tour d’Europe visiting several EU-funded projects across Belgium 🇪🇺🇧🇪

Dziś w Krakowie rozmawialiśmy z Konwentem Marszałków RP 🇵🇱 o przyszłości budżetu UE. Polskie regiony to najlepsi ambasadorzy polityki spójności. Zabieram te głosy ze sobą do Brukseli, pracując nad nowym budżetem UE.

Live at 13:30 – I’ll be presenting the EU Budget 2026 in the EP Budgets Committee at the European Parliament. 🎥 Watch the livestream here: europa.eu/!xW3PXQ

🎬Tomorrow 4 June at 13.30, watch the live streaming as European Commissioner @piotrserafin.bsky.social presents the Commission's Draft 2026 Budget to the European Parliament Committee on Budgets, launching the annual budgetary procedure. Meeting agenda👉 europa.eu/!8cNbHT Watch👉 europa.eu/!CXvm9k

Together with Prime Minister Dorin Recean preparing for the release of €270 million in EU support for Moldova 🇲🇩 to back its reforms and investment needs.

Mon dernier rendez-vous de la journée à Paris a été avec Amélie de Montchalin, ministre chargée des Comptes publics. Nous avons échangé sur le budget annuel 2026 de l’UE et le futur cadre financier. Il y aura sûrement des occasions d’en reparler — la France 🇫🇷 jouera un rôle clé.

Heureux d’avoir rencontré des représentants de l’Assemblée nationale et du Sénat, dont les présidents des commissions des Affaires européennes et des Finances. Un échange riche sur les priorités de la France 🇫🇷 concernant le prochain cadre financier pluriannuel européen.

Très heureux de commencer mon Tour d’Europe en France 🇫🇷 par une rencontre avec la maire de Paris, @annehidalgo.bsky.social Nous avons discuté du rôle des villes et des régions dans le prochain budget à long terme de l’UE.

I received a strong message from COPA-COGECA on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy in the #EUBudget. We're committed to clear funding, simplified rules, and proper consultation. This is not the first, and certainly not the last, meeting with farmers on the EU Budget.

There is a lot of untapped energy and creative ideas among Europeans. The #EUBudget should unleash this energy and creativity. With that in mind, today I received recommendations from 150 🇪🇺 citizens who took part in the ECP for the next long-term budget. Thank you!

Insightful meetings in Austria 🇦🇹🇪🇺 during our Tour d’Europe. From discussions with the Mayor of Vienna and members of Parliament to a constructive exchange with Federal Minister of Finance Markus Marterbauer — strong engagement and practical thinking on the future #EUbudget were on full display.

Thank you, Minister Claudia Plakolm, for the very warm welcome in Vienna yesterday evening.🇦🇹🇪🇺 Today, a busy day with our #EUBudget Tour d’Europe in Austria, starting with Mayor Michael Ludwig, then Members of 🇦🇹 Parliament, and finally Federal Minister of Finance Markus Marterbauer.

Together with Cluj-Napoca Mayor Emil Boc and MEP Siegfried Mureșan, we discussed the future of the #EUBudget. During my recent visit to Romania 🇷🇴 🇪🇺, I saw firsthand how EU investment is driving economic growth.

Meeting with Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Greece’s Minister of Economy and Finance, at a particularly timely moment—just ahead of tomorrow’s European Commission orientation debate on the next long-term EU budget.

Full day of meetings on the next #EUBudget in Berlin 🇩🇪🇪🇺 today: ▪️ Federal Chancellery ▪️ German Bundestag ▪️ Federal Foreign Office ✅ Tour d’Europe in Germany

Productive meeting with State Minister for Europe Gunther Krichbaum 🇩🇪🇪🇺 We discussed the future #EUbudget, emphasizing the need for greater simplification and flexibility. A budget that unites, not divides.

Next long-term #EUbudget: Instead of talking about a ‘single national plan’, we should speak of ‘national and regional partnership plans’. A modernised Cohesion Policy will be an integral part of the future MFF.

#OLAF & Polish authorities uncovered a major VAT fraud scheme of imported goods from China to the EU 🚨 resulting in the arrest of 4 people charged with, money laundering, falsifying legal documents & participation in an organised criminal group EN▶️ europa.eu/!WM4444 PL▶️ europa.eu/!x7PYjt

Together with MEP Nikolina Brnjac 🇭🇷, MEP Borja Giménez 🇪🇸, and Isabel Martín-Retortillo Leguina, Director General for European Funds of the Government of Aragon, we discussed housing issues in Europe and ways the EU should engage 🇪🇺

On my second day in Spain 🇪🇸, I visited the University of Castilla–La Mancha in Toledo. A great example of how EU funds drive university–SMEs collaboration in R&D. Every €1 invested ➡️ €4 generated for the region.

Yesterday in Madrid I met with Vice President María Jesús Montero, Minister José Manuel Albares, and the Joint Committee for the EU of the Spanish Parliament to discuss Spain’s priorities for the next long-term #EUbudget. Energy interconnectors and resilience are high on the priority list.

I came here because I had already heard that if you want to see how wisely European funds can be spent, you should go to Oradea 🇷🇴. This city is proof to anyone who doubts that Cohesion Policy can support economic development that they are mistaken.

A day full of meetings focused on how the next reformed EU long-term budget can best support Romania’s continued development. 🇷🇴🇪🇺

Happy to start my visit to Romania 🇷🇴 with a meeting with President @Bolojan to discuss the future long-term #EUBudget

Dziś #ŁączyNasPamięć 🌼19 kwietnia – rocznica wybuchu powstania w getcie warszawskim. #AkcjaŻonkile Today we are #RememberingTogether 🌼April 19 marks the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

💡 What should be improved in the next long-term #EUbudget MFF? On my Tour d’Europe 👉 EU Funds beneficiaries from 🇫🇮 Finland & 🇸🇪 Sweden share their views and ideas for the future of EU funding 🇪🇺 1️⃣ Christian Breyer, Professor for Solar Economy at LUT University

What can be improved in the EU’s next long-term budget? 💡 We asked EU Funds beneficiaries during our recent Tour d’Europe stops in 🇮🇹🇭🇷🇸🇮 Here’s what they told us about the #EUBudget👇

📣 #OLAF helps uncover multi-million money laundering scheme! OLAF & the European Public Prosecutors Office expose an organised crime network laundering EU funds meant for an IT project in Romania #EUAntiFraud More here▶️ europa.eu/!Hrbfrx 🔽Citiți comunicatul de presă în limba română🔽

At LUT University in Lappeenranta 🇫🇮, 98 nationalities are represented. Their research is a model of European 🇪🇺 excellence: from defence to green transition and energy, their work looks to the future. This is #EUBudget that builds skills.