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Discussions already starting to go wrong between countries over revision of EU financial framework

Brussels, 21/09/2016 (Agence Europe)

The first discussions between the member states, at the level of the national ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) on Wednesday and ahead of the General Affairs Council, have shown that the discussions on the mid-term revision of the multi-annual financial framework of the EU will be sensitive and highly complex (see EUROPE 11628).

At the meeting of Coreper, the European Commission presented the proposals of 14 September on the mid-term revision of the MFF 2014-2020 (see EUROPE 11624). In...