Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 28 February 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the (a) total budget and (b) UK funding contribution for the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy in the first year after ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon.
holding answer
The annual budget for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) is agreed at an Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting and details published online at
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/publications/budget_en.htm
The UK contributes 17 per cent. of the EU budget for the CFSP, Germany contributes 19.7 per cent. and France 16 per cent..
In 2007 the total budget for the CFSP was €159.2 million—at 17 per cent. the UK's contribution represents €27 million (£20 million).
For 2008 the budget for the CFSP has been set at €285 million—at 17 per cent. the UK's contribution represents €48.5 million (£35.9 million). This increase is due, in part, to the establishment of a large civilian crisis management mission in Kosovo.
The 2009 budget for the CFSP has not yet been set but €1.74 billion (£1.29 billion) has been allocated from the European Commission Budget under the current financial perspective for expenditure on the CFSP between 2007 and 2013. This was agreed at the European Council on 15-
http://www.eu2005.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=Open Market/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1107293391098&a=Karticle&aid=1115135402893
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