2014-2020 MFF: Negotiations have started but still a long way to go
15/05/2013
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe takes note that Council has committed to reinstate a first part of the payment appropriations necessary for 2013 commitments and considers that the negotiations on the Multiannual...
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Trialogue on the 2014-2020 MFF: ALDE warns the Council against any duplicity
13/05/2013
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe supports the opening of negotiations with the Council today on the next Multiannual Financial Framework. The European Liberals and Democrats do however warn the presidency against...
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EP budget for 2014: Parliament must continue to show restraint
17/04/2013
The European Parliament adopted today the preliminary estimates of revenue and expenditure for its 2014 financial year - the first phase in the EP budget process. This first set of figures presented in February by the Secretary...
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MFF: European Parliament rejects current deal and lays out its conditions for negotiations
13/03/2013
The European Parliament today firmly rejected the future budgetary framework proposal reached by EU leaders at their summit on 8th February. In the resolution, approved by a very large majority (506 in favour, 161 against, 23...
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2014 Budget guidelines: The European Parliament wants a budget that combats the crisis and stimulates youth employment
13/03/2013
During the Strasbourg plenary session today the European Parliament approved the budget guidelines for 2014 based on realistic proposals from Anne JENSEN (Venstre, Denmark). 2014 will be the first year of the new multiannual...
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ALDE group will oppose the MFF proposal but not the overall amount
27/02/2013
The ALDE group today adopted its position ahead of negotiations on the draft Multi-annual Financial Framework agreement with Council. Liberals and Democrats agreed not to contest the global amount but insist that negotiations...
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2014 Budget: The European Parliament first wants to settle past accounts
20/02/2013
The Parliamentary Committee on Budgets (BUDG) today approved the budget guidelines for 2014 on the basis of realistic proposals of Anne JENSEN (Venstre, Denmark). 2014 will be the first year covered by the new multiannual...
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Guy Verhofstadt : "Sorry M. Van Rompuy but this is a budget of the past, not for the future. "
18/02/2013
Responding today at the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, invited to the enlarged Conference of Presidents to present the results of the last European Council on the next multiannual financial framework, Guy...
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Verhofstadt on MFF: "Even the Soviet Union did not have seven year plans"
06/02/2013
Addressing a debate in the European Parliament today ahead of this week's EU summit aiming to strike a political deal on the EU's next seven year funding plans, Guy Verhofstadt outlined the essential elements of an acceptable...
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2013 Budget: Reason begins to prevail
10/12/2012
Commenting on the votes taken today in Strasbourg during the Budget Committee meeting on the 2013 budget and the 2012 amending budget, which should be endorsed by the plenary session on Wednesday, Jan Mulder (VVD, Netherlands),...
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