The EU Council has approved the joint draft general budget for 2024, agreed with the European Parliament in the Conciliation Committee on 11 November(see EUROPE B13291A22).
Total commitments amount to €189.39 billion and total payments to €142.63 billion. An amount of €360 million has been kept available under the expenditure ceiling of the current Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 (MFF) in order to respond to unforeseen needs.
According to the EU Council, this...