The Heads of State or Government of the European Union are meeting in Brussels on Friday 17 July and Saturday 18 July to try to reach a unanimous compromise, which promises to be very difficult, on the European plan for post-Covid-19 economic recovery and the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). No one can say at this stage whether an agreement is possible this weekend or whether another extraordinary summit will be necessary, perhaps as early as the end of July.
For the past two...