On Tuesday 17 November, the European Affairs Ministers were unable to finalise the long-awaited agreement on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 and the EU Recovery Plan, due to the Hungarian and Polish deadlock on the mechanism linking the budget to respect for the Rule of law (see EUROPE B12602A1).
The General Affairs Council of the EU was almost unanimous in its view that “time is running out” and that any delay in adopting the package risked further aggravating the...