Brussels, 08/02/2016 (Agence Europe) - On 12 February, the Ecofin Council will adopt its fairly standard conclusions on the budgetary guidelines for 2017, while its mid-term review for the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2014-20 is also on the agenda.
In this text, the Council emphasises the “unprecedented and successive crises” the EU faced in 2015 in areas such as migration and security, which significantly affected the Union's budget. The Council asserts that “The...