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Legislative deliberation
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General Affairs Council discusses main priorities and overall ceilings
The Council discussed, in public session, the main priorities and the budgetary framework including the overall amounts presented in the Commission's proposals for the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for the 2014-2020 period.
The Danish presidency announced that the MFF would be on the agenda of each General Affairs Council meeting until the end of June, with the exception of February. The presidency also expressed its intention to organise a conference on the MFF, probably on 22 and 23 March in Brussels.
It is expected that as from May, work on the MFF proposals will have reached sufficient maturity for negotiations to be conducted through a "negotiating box", a draft structure of the conclusions of the European Council, setting out the main issues and options and reflecting the outcome of the orientation debates held in the General Affairs Council.
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Document for the discussion