Ursula von der Leyen has offered minor concessions on her €2 trillion draft EU budget to placate the four centrist parties that back her pro-European parliamentary majority but threatened to reject her ambitious blueprint if their demands were not met.
The tweaks foresee a stronger role for regional authorities, a new target to ensure a minimum of funds flows into rural areas and expanded oversight powers for the European Parliament. None of them alter the fundamental structure of the plan.
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