STRASBOURG, France - European Parliament President David Sassoli warned the 27 national governments of the EU member states that MEPs would not support any agreement that cuts key programmes that Europeans rely on.

“The new long-term EU budget is the most important issue at the start of this legislature,” Sassoli said in Strasbourg on February 12, following a debate in the European Parliament on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027.

He explained that the European Pa...