Holding up the forthcoming negotiations on the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (MFF) “is not in the interests of any member state”, the European Budget Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, said in Brussels on Tuesday 28 August (our translation throughout), referring to the stand-off between Rome and the EU over migrants (see EUROPE 12049).
Italy has threatened to block the negotiations on the EU's next MFF unless the EU accedes to its requests over the migration crisis.
“There...