At the General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday 20 September, a number of countries that are net contributors to the EU budget, mainly the Scandinavian countries, criticised the proposals to increase the flexibility of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) of the EU for 2014-2020.
In general, several countries supported the Commission's proposals on the mid-term revision of the 2014-2020 MFF, which were presented on 14 September.
Flexibility – a touchy subject. In the framework...