The European Parliament's main groups have backed a resolution saying they "do not accept" and "deplore" the deal on the budget ..."as it stands" 🤔 
What does the EP want: a shopping list
- a role in the governance of the recovery fund (with the council)
- A more robust rule of law mechanism
- stronger link with climate goals
- salvage the spending on EU public goods that got the chop at #euco
- a role in the governance of the recovery fund (with the council)
- A more robust rule of law mechanism
- stronger link with climate goals
- salvage the spending on EU public goods that got the chop at #euco
Merkel after #euco yesterday urged MEPs not to resist the deal: " I hope that our colleagues in the European Parliament have seen that, indeed, we wrestled with each other in order to come up with a good solution".
Strange dynamic in European Parliament. Centre right European People's Party is pushing strongly - with greens - to reject l political agreement on the package. But Macron's MEPs along with socialists from partylies of Sanchez and Costa all support what their govs just signed
@EP_President says MEPs -who have the last word on the EU budget - will pushback against the cuts to science, research, border support as their price for consent
