Parliament pushes for change to the MFF

18/03/2013 , No comments
As you may know on Wednesday 13/3 the Parliament voted a resolution against the long-term budget 2014-2020 (MFF) as agreed during the last Council summit held in February (during our last R&D Cafè given on the same day  - 13/3 - we gave this information "live"!)
The vote of last Wednesday does not imply that the whole MFF negotiations will have to start from scratch, it was only an intermediate step in the co-decision procedure. The Parliament will give or refuse its consent on the MFF in July 2013.
With the vote of last Wednesday, the Parliament expressed its concern about the following main points:
- a lack of transparency and respect of the EP role during the negotiations of February
- the need for flexibility in the budget between different items of expenditure
- the need for a mid-term review of the MFF, after the establishment of the new Commission and EP
- no roll-over of 2013 unpaid bills into the new MFF

The EP is clearly showing to the Council that its increased power given by the Treaty of Lisbon has to be taken into account. The fact that the EP is counterbalancing the Council is positive for the defense of the European project and the public service that makes it possible!
In this context the reform of the staff regulation is not expected to enter into force before Jan 2014 at least.

For more information on the vote of Wednesday we invite you to have a look at the Parliament press relase and the Commission press release.
We remind that you can find more information on the MFF and the reform on the R&D website.

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