In BTA.bg, the Institute for Market Economics (IME), as part of the Epicenter network, warned that new EU own resources such as the Corporate Resource for Europe (CORE) and tobacco revenue sharing would negatively affect Bulgaria, with at least 300 large companies potentially impacted. The article presents the network’s Alternative EU Budget proposal, which caps the Multiannual Financial Framework at around 1% of GNI (approximately €1.54tn), calls for deep cuts to inefficient programmes, and prioritises competitiveness, the Single Market, and genuine European public goods over fiscal centralisation.