Brussels, 12/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Eight EU member states called on Monday 12 September for the Commission to trim their proposals on the next EU multiannual financial framework (2014-2020). The General Affairs Council agreed on the proposed length of the next financial framework (seven years), while a number of delegations were critical of the flexibility of the framework and of the creation of new instruments outside the multiannual financial framework.
“The Commission's proposals...