The 10th meeting among the EU Council, the European Parliament, and the European Commission on the 2021–2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the Economic Recovery Plan ended “with hardly any progress” on the evening of Wednesday, 28 October.
The European Parliament’s ideas for unlocking additional funds for 15 EU flagship programmes (Horizon 2020, Erasmus+, InvestEU, etc.) were rejected by the German Presidency of the Council of the EU (see EUROPE B12591A5). It...