INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom

Brexit will be negotiated once London has approved MFF mid-term review

Brussels, 02/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission has linked the opening of negotiations leading to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union with approval of the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework (MFF).

At the summit of the 27 member states on Saturday 29 April devoted to Brexit (see EUROPE 11778), Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker established a clear link between the opening of negotiations with the UK, in theory scheduled after the country’s general election on 8...