The European Commission has linked the opening of negotiations leading to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union with approval of the mid-term review of the multiannual financial framework (MFF).
At the summit of the 27 member states on Saturday 29 April devoted to Brexit (see EUROPE 11778), Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker established a clear link between the opening of negotiations with the UK, in theory scheduled after the country’s general election on 8...