What EU Budget Talks Say About Europe’s Future
A. Colibasanu, Geo. Futures As is often the case with the European Union, negotiations over the EU’s next long-term budget have so far produced more meetings and debates than concrete solutions. Talks over the 2021-27 budget, referred to within the bloc as the multiannual financial framework, have revealed not only the state of the EU’s internal divisions but also the depth of the problems it currently faces.
Negotiations have been further complicated by Brexit, of course, but the drama also revolves around disagreements between some of the EU’s core members....