The first structured dialogue on the suspension of Spanish and Portuguese structural and investment funding commitments for 2017 (ESI funding) in Strasbourg on Monday 3 October delivered only a general failure on the parts of the European Commission and the European Parliament to understand one another and failed to bring any clarification of the Commission position on the nature of the suspensions and the timelines envisaged. A second meeting could, then, come quickly.
The message from MEPs...