Annual EU Budget Conference 2026: ‘Boost Europe: Leveraging the EU Budget for Strategic priorities’
Tomorrow, the European Commission will hold its Annual EU Budget Conference 2026, under the title ‘Boost Europe: Leveraging the EU Budget for strategic priorities.’
This year’s conference will revolve around the importance of the Union budget to deliver Union priorities, enable policy action and catalyse private investment. The conference will also examine how to better leverage the EU budget to increase policy impact, while mobilising additional financial resources.
European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Piotr Serafin, will bring together distinguished guests including Atanas Pekanov, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Maida Gorčević Minister of European Affairs of the Government of Montenegro, and Kyriakos Pierrakakis, Eurogroup President and Greek Minister of Economy and Finance. Members of the European Parliament, international organisations, regional representatives, CEOs, and stakeholders from the capital markets and real economy will also engage in conversations about the future of the EU Budget.