It is the result of intensive consultations with the Member States and the EU institutions over the past three months. The negotiating framework, as stated by the Irish Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, who presented the revised negotiating framework for the MFF, "is the product of intensive consultations with the Member States and the EU institutions over the last three months." #ΠΔΠ #ΕΕ #Οικονομία (translated)