EU budget framework 2014-2020: Council agrees to put greater focus on new priorities

On 7 March 2017, the Council agreed to adjust the EU's multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020 to bring it in line with new priorities.

The agreed changes reinforce the EU's support for tackling the migration crisis, strengthening security, boosting growth and creating jobs. They will allow the EU to respond more easily to unexpected needs without changing the MFF expenditure ceilings. And they will help to avoid an excessive backlog of unpaid bills.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: The European Union Multiannual Financial Framework and European Funding Programmes 2014-2020 http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-european-union-multiannual-financial-framework-and-european-funding-programmes-2014-2020/

ESO: Background information: Revision Of The Multiannual Financial Framework (Article 19, MFF Regulation) [EU Legislation In Progress] http://www.europeansources.info/record/revision-of-the-multiannual-financial-framework-article-19-mff-regulation-eu-legislation-in-progress/

ESO: Background information: Economic and budgetary outlook for the European Union 2017 http://www.europeansources.info/record/economic-and-budgetary-outlook-for-the-european-union-2017/

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