A week ahead of an extraordinary European summit on Thursday 1 February, intense negotiations are still under way in the Council of the European Union to try to reach an agreement among the EU27 on an extension to the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), including substantial macro-financial aid to Ukraine.
At a meeting of Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) on Wednesday 24 January, several Member States once again explicitly expressed their desire to find a...