The leaders of the European Union meet this Thursday with the aim of advancing the negotiations on the multi-annual budget of the bloc, divided among the 'frugals' who want cuts and 'friends of cohesion', who ask for more resources to meet the new challenges without neglecting traditional Community policies such as agriculture or regional development. They do so on a counterclockwise basis, as the aim is to have an agreement before the end of th…
The leaders of the European Union meet this Thursday with the aim of advancing the negotiations on the multi-annual budget of the bloc, divided among the 'frugals' who want cuts and 'friends of cohesion', who ask for more resources to meet the new challenges without neglecting traditional Community policies such as agriculture or regional development. They do so on a counterclockwise basis, as the aim is to have an agreement before the end of th…