Let us sum up the recent sequence of events that were supposed to lead to a decision being made by the EU institutions.
On 7 June 2018, the Commission showed its hand: a ‘package’ that consisted primarily of a proposed Regulation establishing the new framework programme (COM(2018) 435 final) and a proposed Decision establishing the specific implementing programme for the same (COM(2018) 436 final) (see EUROPE 12018). The proposed envelope for the next seven years is €94.1 billion (in...