“Increased defence spending must not come at the expense of our European social model”, Commissioner for Budget, Anti-Fraud and Public Administration Piotr Serafin attempted to reassure during a debate on the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) in the European Parliament on Wednesday 9 July.
The European commissioner has smoothed things over: more flexible, simpler and guided by the imperative of competitiveness, the EU’s long-term budget will not forget the common...