The European Parliament, led by rapporteur Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy), and the Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU, met for the first time on Wednesday 23 October to discuss the Regulation on the Single Market Programme and set the first negotiating date at 18 November.
The meeting lasted no more than one hour and determined what should be discussed at the technical level and which political points should be the subject of interinstitutional negotiations (trilogue). These points...