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Analytical paper No 4, 2024 «The EU summit in February: results of the battle for the budget revision»

  • 09 February 2024
IE RAS presents Analytical papers of IE RAS No 4, 2024 «The EU summit in February: results of the battle for the budget revision» (in Russian) by Olga Potemkina, Doctor of Political Science, Head of the Department of European integration studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Science.

The article examines results of the EU extraordinary summit in February 2024 for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The author analyses the negotiation package proposed by the President of the European Council Charles Michel, and the conditions under which Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban agreed agreedto extend theing financial assistance to Ukraine. The author concludes about Orban’s’s temporary defeat, as he failed to advancesustain any of his key demands,. and Tthe compromise reached at the summit, does not mean that Hungary's position will no longert complicateimpede the European Council's work in future, but the possibilitieswindow for Orban’s veto areis narrowclosing.

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