EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Economy/budget

Interview with José Manuel Fernandes - “We want to strengthen the envelopes of the European programmes” of the MFF 2021-2027 reduced by the European Council

Brussels, 27/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

José Manuel Fernandes, the EPP Group Coordinator in the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets, said on Monday 27 July, in an interview with EUROPE, that the European Parliament was “ready” to negotiate with the EU Council to improve the European Council's agreement (on 21 July) on the EU's post-Covid-19 Economic Recovery Plan and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 (see EUROPE B12533A1, EUROPE B12532A2).

“We want to strengthen European programmes such as Horizon...