MEPs and commissioners agreed on the certain negative consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the EU economy, during a debate on the 2022 annual growth report as part of the EU budget process on Wednesday 9 March.
Many concurred on the need for a heterodox European response, as was done at the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, even if there were calls for a rapid return to budgetary rigour and the consolidation of public accounts.
For example, the two European Parliament...