There cannot be a ‘trilogue’ without a prior agreement at the European Council meeting on the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) on 1 February. However, according to a source close to the matter, the co-legislators will be discussing the ‘STEP’ regulation, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform, for the first time on Monday 15 January in the early evening, at an ‘informal meeting’.
The main purpose of this meeting is to clearly set out the positions...