Brussels, 24/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - At the meeting of COREPER (the Committee of Member States' Permanent Representatives to the EU) on Thursday 25 November 2010, the Belgian presidency of the EU Council of Ministers hoped that the EU delegations would unanimously agree to keep the budget flexibility mechanism in the multiannual financial framework. Discussions with a view to such an agreement were held on Wednesday.
The mechanism provides a way of dealing with additional funding...