In Brussels on Monday 25 September, European Commissioner for the Budget Günther Oettinger identified three priorities for the future of EU public finances: competitiveness, security and sustainability. He laid great emphasis on the work to be carried out by the Commission to demonstrate the added value of spending at EU level and on the tight timetable (agreement to be reached ahead of the European elections of May 2019) to adopt the next multi-annual financial framework (MFF) of the EU...