Pre-Summit Briefing & European Council Notes 2020/4-5

Peter Ludlow

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Journal - e + print

  • Pre-Summit Briefing 2020/04 - 19 June: The MFF and the Recovery Plan
  • Pre-Summit Briefing 2020/05 - 17 July: The MFF and the Recovery Plan
  • European Council Notes 2020/04-05 - May to July: The MFF and the Recovery Fund

EuroComment’s Pre-Summit Briefings and European Council Notes are uniquely valuable. Launched twenty years ago and based on a wide range of published and unpublished sources, including interviews with key players, they provide a continuous, highly readable and independent narrative of the politics and policies of the European Council, the EU’s principal decision-making institution.

From February 2020 onwards, the Pre-Summit Briefings and the European Council Notes will be published by Leuven University Press under the name European Council Studies. The mission and ambition will remain unchanged. A subscription to European Council Studies covers both the Pre-Summit Briefings and the European Council Notes. European Council Studies remains an online series that follows the meeting pace of the EU Council, resulting in a minimum of 4 issues and a maximum of 10 issues annually. A print edition is also available.

This new series by Leuven University Press should be of interest to everybody inside or outside government who is involved in or with the European Union.

Online journal with a print edition
4 to 10 issues annually
Print ISSN:  2684-3390
Online ISSN: 2684-4966
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Pre-Summit Briefing 2020/04 
19 June: The MFF and the Recovery Plan

Pre-Summit Briefing 2020/05 
17 July: The MFF and the Recovery Plan

European Council Notes 2020/04-05 
May to July: The MFF and the Recovery Fund

Introduction 
1. 23 April to 27 May: the Commission implements the European Council’s mandate 

2. 27 May to 15 June: the debate in Coreper 

3. The June European Council 
3.1. The Recovery Fund 
3.2. Other business: Brexit, the economy and relations with Russia, Ukraine and Turkey 

4. The July European Council, the MFF and the Recovery Fund 
4.1. 19 June to 10 July: establishing a basis for negotiations 
4.2. The NGEU and the MFF: Michel’s proposal of 10 July 
4.3. The management of the European Council’s meeting: team leadership and decentralisation 
4.4. The meeting: an overview 
4.5. The sticking points 
4.5.1. The size of the NGEU package, the balance between loans and grants and the rebates 
4.5.2. The allocation criteria 
4.5.3. Governance 
4.5.4. The impact on the MFF 
4.5.5. The Presidency’s cadeaux 
4.5.6. Rule of law conditionality 

5. Conclusions 
5.1. The economic significance of the deal 
5.2. The politics of the agreement 
5.2.1. A success story 
5.2.2. A vindication of the European Council-centred system of government 
5.2.3. Individuals and institutions 
5.2.4. The limits of the system 

Format: Journal - e + print

Size: 254 × 178 mm

ISBN: 9789461653246

Publication: June 18, 2020

Series: European Council Studies 4-5

Languages: English