Conciliation agreement on the 2020 EU budget

In sintesi 22-11-2019

On the final day of the 21-day conciliation period – 18 November 2019 – European Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the 2020 European Union budget. The 2020 budget is the final annual exercise under the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020. The joint text provides for total commitments of €168.69 billion (1.5 % increase as compared to 2019) and total payments of €153.57 billion (+3.4 % over 2019). The Council intends to adopt the agreed text on 25 November, and Parliament will then vote on approving the text during the November II plenary session in Strasbourg.