EPC Update & Post-summit Briefing – Informal EU summit: The battle for an EU budget deal
YouTube, 02.02.2024
Online Briefing
This online EPC Update and Post-summit Briefing analysed the results and potential consequences of the informal EU summit that took place on 1 February 2024. Following EU leaders' failure to agree on the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2021-2027 in December, this meeting sought to find a way out of the political impasse.
Speakers: Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive, European Policy Centre; Janis A. Emmanouilidis, Director of Studies, European Policy Centre
Moderator: Jacki Davis, Senior Adviser, European Policy Centre
Link to video on YouTube here
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