July

The Government pauses from its work on the Swedish budget. The Ministry of Finance works on the EU budget.

Work on the Swedish budget takes a break during the traditional holiday month of July. However, the Budget Department at the Ministry of Finance is busy with the EU budget this month.

The EU Commission presents its proposal for the next years EU budget in May, a proposal that the Council of Ministers (Budget Council) must take a position on in July. In June and July the Ministry of Finance prepares a Swedish position, in other words, Swedens opinion regarding the expenditure levels in the different policy areas in the proposed EU budget.