In LiberoQuotidiano.it, Alberto Mingardi, Director of the Istituto Bruno Leoni and part of the Epicenter network, criticised proposals for new European taxes to finance an expanded Multiannual Financial Framework. Mingardi warned that the Commission’s plans for additional own resources, such as the CORE corporate levy, would increase the overall tax burden without delivering real value, arguing instead for a leaner EU budget capped at 1% of GNI with better prioritisation of spending.