💶 The Annual EU Budget Conference is back! 💶🗓️ Mark your calendars for 20-21 May 2025!🌍 This year's edition will focus on the topic "From local action to global influence: the next long-term Union budget"Registrations will open in March!The next long-term budget will power the Union shared vision for the future in a context of growing geopolitical, economic and societal challenges.The Annual EU Budget Conference will bring together a wide array of stakeholders to rethink a future budget with the Union policy priorities at the centre by making it more focused, simpler and impactful.European Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration, Piotr Serafin, together with high-level speakers, will lead an open debate on:-How can the EU budget best support economic growth and resilience across our territories? -How to make the EU budget the engine for investment and competitiveness? -How should a strategic external action funding should be designed? -How would a modern EU financial architecture, with new revenue sources and involving private sector financing look like? -How can the EU budget be designed to deliver EU value added and results more effectively?