It is hard to imagine that the EU's 27 Heads of State or Government will agree to raise the EU's climate target for 2030 at the European Council on 10-11 December if they do not also reach agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027, a senior EU diplomat said on Monday 7 December.
According to him, the issue of the new 2030 climate target is indeed dependent on the next EU budget, as the EU's ability to support Member States in their ecological transition will partly...