MEPs are largely counting on President Charles Michel’s commitment to quickly reach an agreement on the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021–2027, or so they indicated on Tuesday, 11 February, on the eve of a plenary debate in Strasbourg regarding the preparation of the 20 February European Council dedicated to this sensitive issue (see EUROPE B12421A1). But some fear the harmful consequences of there being a deadlock at the level of EU leaders.
In fact, Iratxe...