Negotiations between EU institutions to finalise the details of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the post-Covid-19 European Economic Recovery Plan are struggling to make progress, despite a fifth such meeting held on Monday 28 September (see EUROPE B12568A1).
Progress has been made on own resources for the EU budget, while all is still open on increases in appropriations for the EU’s flagship programmes and the mechanism protecting the budget against failures in...