Brussels, 30/09/2013 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council of Ministers will not distance itself from its negotiating mandate in order to accommodate the European Parliament's position on the four remaining points in reform of the Cohesion Policy. The countries that are net contributors to the EU budget are refusing to budge over concessions to MEPs in the three-way talks (the Commission, the Parliament and the ministers).
Meeting in extremis for a General Affairs Council in Brussels, EU...