At a seminar in Brussels on Wednesday 19 October about the future of the European Union, the MEPs who participated confirmed their desire to hold joint negotiations on the mid-term review of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) of the EU for 2014-2020 and the draft EU budget for 2017(see EUROPE 11644).
The European Parliament is discussing the budget for 2017 with the ECOFIN Council, and the mid-tern review of the MFF with the General Affairs Council (see EUROPE 11648) – which is...