The Juncker Commission's proposals on the EU's multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 “remain a very solid basis for an agreement”, but the new initiatives announced by the President-designate of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, “will have to be taken into account in this agreement”, says Johannes Hahn, who is expected to become the next Commissioner for Budget and Administration.
Moreover, it does not exclude the adoption of contingency measures in the event of a...