It will be difficult to conclude an agreement on the multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027 of the EU before the European elections of May 2019, Javier Doz Orit (workers' group, Spain), the rapporteur of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on this dossier, said in Brussels on Wednesday 19 September (see EUROPE 12098).
However, Doz Orrit considers that such an agreement is necessary before the European Parliament elections, but that the task is likely to be extremely...