The Civil Society Contact Group contribution consists of a list of fundamental principles that the EU budget needs to respect:

1. The EU budget must respect and promote the values and rights as outlined in the Lisbon Treaty and contribute to achieving the Treaty aims and objectives
2. EU money is public money and it must serve the European public interest
3. EU funds must respect the principle of solidarity
4. Sustainable development must be the overarching goal of a new EU budget
5. Public budgeting and spending must be a transparent and accountable process
6. The process of public budgeting needs to allow for meaningful participation from public interest organisations
7. EU funds must be allocated in a way that reflects the EU's policy priorities and that supports coherence within and between policies
8. There must be an immediate end to all perverse subsidies
9. EU spending should be subject to regular evaluation

1. you can add the CSCG contribution as an annex to your organisations own contribution
2. you can refer to it in your organisations own contribution
3. you can include parts of it in your own contribution
4. you are welcome to write a letter supporting the Civil Society Contact Group contribution.