At a conciliation meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 8 November, the Council and the European Parliament called upon the European Commission to present an initial draft compromise on the 2017 budget. This draft compromise is to be presented at the inter-institutional meeting (trialogue) to be held on Thursday 10 November.
This first meeting of the conciliation committee to discuss next year's budget did not seek to reach a compromise. The parties reiterated their positions, but the Slovak...