Net contributors on the EU's multiannual financial framework: towards better and more qualified use of funding
On Tuesday 24 April, seven of the EU's net contributor countries reached agreement on qualitative ways to develop the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) in Luxembourg. On the same day, the EU General Affairs Council convened to discuss the proposal for a new MFF, that is the Union budget, for 2014–2020. The negotiations are likely to stretch until the end of the year.