The European Parliament adopted its position on the Brexit adjustment reserve without a vote on Wednesday 9 June. This opens the inter-institutional negotiations with the Council of the EU, which recently adopted its position (see EUROPE 12709/23).
The first technical discussions should start on Wednesday 9 June. The objective of the European Parliament is to find an agreement at the first interinstitutional meeting (trilogue) on 17 June, as Younous Omarjee (The Left, France) indicated after the adoption of the reserve in the Committee on Regional Development (see EUROPE 12727/10).
In order to facilitate the negotiations and thus make the reserve operational as soon as possible, the European Parliament negotiating group, led by the Belgian rapporteur Pascal Arimont (EPP), aligned itself with the EU Council’s position on the methodology for allocating funds (see EUROPE 12726/8).
However, the two institutions differ greatly on the regional dimension, with the European Parliament having introduced this point, while the EU Council makes no mention of it in its general approach. (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)