europa’s heads of state and government are preparing for the toughest EU budget negotiations long ago. At the special summit, which is called at short notice, from Thursday afternoon they will discuss how much money the EU will receive in the next seven years and how it should be spent. It’s about a large sum: the medium-term financial framework (MFF), as the seven-year budget is called in EU jargon, is more than 1,000 billion euros.
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