{"id":2416,"date":"2019-03-12T09:40:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T08:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2416"},"modified":"2019-03-12T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T08:40:31","slug":"brexit-u-l-fondi-tal-ue-l-ewwel-parti","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/brexit-u-l-fondi-tal-ue-l-ewwel-parti\/","title":{"rendered":"Brexit and EU Funding &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2415\" src=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1027266494-min.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3735\" height=\"2398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1027266494-min.jpg 3735w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1027266494-min-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1027266494-min-768x493.jpg 768w, http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/iStock-1027266494-min-1024x657.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3735px) 100vw, 3735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It is undeniable that\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BREXIT will have a signi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ficant effect on the next Multi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">annual Financial Framework (MFF)\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">which will cover<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the period 2021-2027.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The EU budget will largely be a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ffected as a result of the loss of the UK contribution which was around \u20ac10 billion.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In case of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a no deal BREXIT there will be a significant gap in the EU budget also in the current funding period with this hole es<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">timated to be that of\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">around\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u20ac<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">14 billion. For Malta this would mean an increase in our net contribution of about \u20ac6 million annually.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To combat this within the withdrawal agreement both the EU and UK have negotiated a financial settlement which will cover the UK\u2019s financial obligations under the current financial framework.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If th<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">e UK agrees to this settlement\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">subsequent withdrawal agreement it<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0would guarantee that all EU projects and programmes will be financed as planned under the current MFF, providing certainty to all EU and UK bene<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ficiaries.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As a result, this would necessitate the need for increased contributions by member states to cover the current needs of the EU budget.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Should you require mor<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">e information about\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Brexit<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">, kindly visit meusac.gov.mt or call on 2200 3300.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:200,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It is undeniable that\u00a0BREXIT will have a significant effect on the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)\u00a0which will cover\u00a0the period 2021-2027.\u00a0The EU budget will largely be affected as a result [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2415,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[101],"issuem_issue_categories":[14],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2416"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2416"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2416\/revisions\/2418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2416"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}