Brussels, 23/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - For the 2014 budget, the European Parliament has asked to go up to the limit of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) 2014-2020 on payment appropriations, or €136.4 billion. This is the red line it will defend in negotiations with the Council on the 2014 budget, following a vote on budgetary amendments at the plenary session to be held in Strasbourg on Wednesday 23 October.
The major budgetary debate which is looming will now focus on the...