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EU budget negotiations set to be long and bitter
Original: The EU budget is where grand strategy meets petty squabbling. Nobody knows when it will happen exactly, yet everybody kn
The EU's next long-term budget is shaping up as one of the bloc's most contentious negotiations. At some point in the next twelve months, the 27 national leaders will meet at a summit to divide up spending priorities, and observers expect the talks to be ugly. The budget sits at the intersection of grand strategic questions about defence, climate and enlargement, and national governments' demands to protect their own rebates and funding.
Why now: The EU's multiannual budget framework is due for renegotiation, and expectations of a difficult leaders' summit are building.
Evidence
- The EU budget is where grand strategy meets petty squabbling. Nobody knows when it will happen exactly, yet everybody knows it will be ugly when it comes. At an EU summit some time within the next 12 months, the bloc’s 27 national leaders will engage in the modern political… · mf_analysis@mastodon.mediafaro.org · 2
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