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Press conference
Special meeting of the European Council
Brussels
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"The European Council gave its President the mandate together with the President of the European Commission to continue the work and pursue consultations in the coming weeks to find a consensus among the 27 over the Union's Multiannual Financial Framework for the period 2014-2020.
The bilateral talks and the constructive discussion within the European Council showed a sufficient degree of potential convergence to make an agreement possible in the beginning of next year.
We should be able to bridge existing divergences of views. A European budget is important for the cohesion of the Union and for jobs and growth in all our countries."
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