On Wednesday 28 March, the College of European Commissioners carried out a second guideline debate on the multiannual financial framework for the period 2021-2027, ahead of the formal proposal to be presented by the European Commission on Wednesday 2 May.
Discussions focused on ways of streamlining the EU budget to make it more coherent and effective, particularly by reducing the number of financial instruments (see EUROPE 11974). The possibility of making the granting of European funding...