Michael Roth, the German Minister of State for Europe, told MEPs on Tuesday 1 September that there was no room for manoeuvre in the Council of the EU “to make far-reaching changes” to the agreement on the EU’s 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)(see EUROPE B12550A1).
“Member States’ room for manoeuvre is quite limited”, he said during a debate in the European Parliament Committee on Budgets.
He noted that the United Kingdom’s departure from the EU and the loss of...