On Monday 9 December, Agnieszka Bartol, Poland’s Ambassador to the EU, reiterated the need to find ways of funding European defence before the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), due in 2028.
“Putin will not wait for the MFF and war will not wait for the MFF”, Ms Bartol warned at a European Policy Centre event.
The ambassador acknowledged that there had been a “fundamental change” in attitudes since the start of the war in Ukraine. “A few years ago, EU defence funding...