President Charles Michel announced on Tuesday 23 June that an extraordinary “physical” European Council will be held on 17-18 July in Brussels to try to find a compromise on the post-Covid-19 European Recovery Plan and the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027.
After the meeting of EU leaders by videoconference on 19 June, Mr Michel had stressed the transition to another phase, “that of negotiations” on the 750 billion euro recovery plan and the next MFF...