In Brussels on Monday 5 November, the committee on budgets of the European Parliament reiterated its position in favour of an ambitious forthcoming multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the EU (see EUROPE 12113). The MEPs called for the ‘bridging’ clause to be triggered for a move to qualified-majority voting at the European Council on the 2021-2027 MFF.
In its adoption (25 votes to 5) of the report by Jan Olbrycht (EPP, Poland), Isabelle Thomas (S&D, France), Janusz Lewandowski...