The agreement on the Recovery Plan and the MFF constitutes a “pivotal moment in the history of the EU”, said the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on Thursday 23 July in Brussels, when he presented the results of the four-day and four-night extraordinary summit (see EUROPE B12533A1, EUROPE B12532A2) to the plenary of the European Parliament.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, for her part, shared MEPs’ (see other news) disapproval of the cuts...