23/11/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 23 November, the parliamentary committees on budgets (BUDG) and economic and monetary affairs (ECON) approved the inter-institutional agreement aiming to double the duration and firepower of the 'Juncker' investment plan (see EUROPE 11900). The last questions to be resolved concerned the financing details for the extension of the public guarantee granted by the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) to the projects selected and the governance of the steering board of the EFSI. The European Parliament is expected to approve the agreement at its December plenary session. The text of the agreement can be consulted at: http://bit.ly/2iDT7DT (MB)