As expected, the negotiators of the Council of the EU and of the European Parliament failed to reach an agreement on extending the firepower and duration of the Juncker investment plan, at their meeting early in the evening of Wednesday 12 July.
The positions between the two co-legislating institutions are still too far apart on: - financing the extension of the public guarantee granted to projects selected under the investment plan out of the Community budget (see EUROPE 11827); - the...