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The present study concerns the issue of financing the budget of the European Union. The article presents selected factors in the evolution of EU finances and delineates the attempts at replacing the sources of financing taken up in 2011 and pertaining to the financial perspective of 2014–2020. Scenarios for EU development have been indicated, with particular emphasis on their implications for the future shape of the EU budget. The article also presents the main priorities and assumptions of EU financing after 2020 in the context of accepted multiannual financial framework.