Danes seek clarity on future EU budget

The General Affairs Council discussed, in public session in Brussels on the 27 January 2012, the main priorities and the budgetary framework including the overall amounts presented in the European Commission's proposals for the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the 2014-2020 period.

EUObserver reported the discussions were the first concrete discussions on the EU's next long term budget, a debate that threw up as many points of view as there were Member States.

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ESO: Background information: Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/multiannual-financial-framework-2014-2020/

ESO: Background information: Converging views on key elements of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 as a result of a high-level conference in Brussels http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-converging-views-on-key-elements-of-the-multiannual-financial-framework-2014-2020-as-a-result-of-a-high-level-conference-in-brussels/

European Commission: RAPID: SPEECH/11/43: Janusz Lewandowski, Member of the European Commission Responsible for Financial Programming and Budget: 'The Commission proposal for the financial framework 2014 – 2020 - too ambitious or too realistic?' Introductory statement at the General Affairs Council Brussels, 27 January 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/43&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Council of the European Union: Press Release, PRES/12/25: General Affairs council, Brussels, 27.1.12 http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/127583.pdf

EurActiv, 27.1.12: Danish presidency scolded for neglecting EU regional policy http://www.euractiv.com/general/danish-presidency-criticised-playing-regional-funds-policy-news-510425

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