EU Budget Draft Adjustments and Parliamentary Support

Ursula von der Leyen made minor budget concessions to centrist parties.
She sent letters to Metsola and Frederiksen before talks.
Opposition focuses on National and Regional Partnership Plans.
Parties demanded amendments to €865 billion national programmes.
Commission kept plan structure but adjusted regions and oversight.
Meeting secured parliamentary support, with resolution likely withdrawn.
Budget needs unanimous agreement by 27 leaders by December next year.
Tweaks can be added by co-legislators without new legal texts.
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