The European Council and the 2021-27 Multiannual Financial Framework

Briefing 17-02-2020

EU Heads of State or Government will meet on 20 February 2020 for a special European Council to discuss the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). Both the Sibiu declaration by EU Heads of State or Government and the Strategic Agenda 2019-2014 state that ‘the EU must give itself the means to match its ambitions, attain its objectives and carry through its policies’. Following a first informal discussion in February 2018, the European Council regularly touched upon the MFF negotiations at its meetings over the last two years. However, until now, the EU Heads of State or Government did so without really attempting to reach an agreement.