New EU budget stance shifts migration cash to member states, risking abuses at the borders
The EU Council has agreed on a negotiating position for the 2028-2034 multi-annual financial framework (MFF) that shifts border and internal security funding from centralized EU regulations to national plans. This move, announced on July 15, 2026, aims to speed up implementation of the EU pact on migration and asylum, improve border management, visa processing, and address internal security threats. Member states will prepare their own reform plans for topics like visas, returns, and security. While the Council and Irish presidency minister Jim O'Callaghan tout this as a simplification and efficiency measure, critics warn that delegating funding oversight to national capitals could allow human rights abuses to continue with less scrutiny from Brussels.
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