A June deal on the seven year EU budget framework is "definitely reachable", said EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski on Monday (13 May).
Speaking after the first round of negotiations with MEPs and ministers, Lewandowski said that a deal on the €960 billion package agreed by EU leaders in February could be signed and sealed before the end of the Irish presidency of the EU in June.
In March, MEPs voted to reject the €960 billion settlement, which covers EU spending between ...
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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.