Multiannual Financial Framework

A complex compromise fashioned by the new Council president runs into political opposition as budget summit approaches. It’s time to end the ‘liar’s poker’, says MEP Ehler

European Commission president tells MEPs EU needs a bigger budget if it wants to become a ‘world leading research region’

EU leaders remain deadlocked over the union’s next long-term financial plan, but all signs point to a smaller research budget from 2021