EU Leaders Fail to Agree on Long-Term Budget

In Brussels in October 2026, EU leaders did not reach agreement on the next long-term EU budget, which the headlines put at 1.76 trillion euros for the years 2028 to 2034. The dispute over the budget was taken up at the level of heads of state and government. At the summit, Costa presented a new budget proposal. According to the headlines, the talks in Brussels remained unsettled and several problems came up.