Brussels, 29/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 28 June, the European Council was somewhat divided over the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 but for now it is keeping to the timetable set, with a view to reaching an agreement by the end of 2012.
The United Kingdom doused the hopes of many countries with cold water. Italy, France and Spain had wanted to abolish the system of budgetary rebates. “I made it absolutely clear (at the European Council) that the British...