“The simpler and more flexible the EU budget is, the greater the need for strong parliamentary accountability”, said the chair of the European Parliament Committee on Budgets, Johan Van Overtveldt (ECR, Belgian), and the co-rapporteurs on the EU’s long-term budget, Siegfried Mureşan (EPP, Romanian) and Carla Tavares (S&D, Portuguese), after the European Commission published its ‘Roadmap’ for the next multiannual financial framework (see EUROPE B13577A20) on Wednesday...