It is a battle of numbers, but above all a highly political negotiation. The next long-term budget of the European Union (EU), for the period 2028-2034, will be on the table of the European Council which begins this Thursday, June 18 afternoon in Brussels. The 27 heads of state and government will be called upon to examine this “multiannual financial framework” (MFF), as it is called in the jargon. It is nothing other than a set of regulatory texts which, taken end to end, describe where EU money should go. But at 27, it is not easy to agree on the amounts to be committed, nor on the priorities to be financed.
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