Speaking in Brussels on Wednesday, 30 October, European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger said that “progress” should be made by the end of the year on the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, but that agreement is more likely to be reached “in February or March 2020”(see EUROPE B12352A1).
Asked by the press about the prospect of reaching an agreement on the next MFF at EU leaders' level in December 2019, Commissioner Oettinger noted that, unlike in June,...