The European Commission will present its contribution on Wednesday 14 February to the debate on the post-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF) and on the Spitzenkandidaten process in the 2019 European elections, both of which items are on the agenda of the informal European summit on Friday 23 February.
The Commission wants to involve the member states at as early a stage as possible in the debate on the EU budget, on both the expenditure and income sides, before presenting its formal...