On Wednesday 15 September, the European Parliament approved by a very large majority (652 votes for, 32 against and 11 abstentions) the interinstitutional agreement reached at the beginning of the summer on the ‘Brexit’ adjustment reserve, which will be endowed with an overall budget of €5 billion.
The day before, rapporteur Pascal Arimont (EPP, Belgium) announced the limits of the reserve during an exchange of views in plenary session, indicating that it will only be able to absorb...