The Chair of the Committee on International Trade, Bernd Lange (S&D), criticised on Monday 14 November the “procedure” used by the European Commission in its proposal to grant further macrofinancial assistance for 2023, which he said minimises the role of the European Parliament as the EU’s budgetary authority (see EUROPE B13060A4).
Ukraine needs the support of the European Union, but this proposal, by amending the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework, is truly “a new...