An inconclusive trialogue meeting was held in Brussels on Thursday 1 September between the three institutions of the EU on the 2017 budget.
The Slovak Presidency of the Council is reported to have stated that the Council's position of July aimed specifically to avoid blind budget cuts, the European Parliament having criticised it on a number of occasions for having reduced credit lines without justification(see EUROPE 11613).
The Council has taken pains to find the money to pay for the...