EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Lithuania President Gitanas Nauseda pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime minister of Poland Donald Tusk pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Finland Prime Minister Petteri Orpo pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime Minister of Luxembourg Luc Frieden pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Estonia's Prime Minister Kaja Kallas pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

EU Council Summit - Brussels

EU Council Summit - Brussels

Belgium Prime Minister Alexander De Croo pictured at the arrivals ahead of an extra European council summit, in Brussels on February 1, 2024. The leaders came together to adopt the revision of the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027, which aims to adapt the resources of the European Union to the priority challenges of the years to come, notably concerning support for Ukraine, the implementation implementation of European asylum and migration policy or the construction of European industrial sovereignty. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech PM Andrej Babis attends extraordinary EU summit to deal with Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2020. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech PM Andrej Babis attends extraordinary EU summit to deal with Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2020. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech PM Andrej Babis attends extraordinary EU summit to deal with Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2020. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech PM Andrej Babis attends extraordinary EU summit to deal with Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2020. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech PM Andrej Babis attends extraordinary EU summit to deal with Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2020. (CTK Photo/Petr Kupec)

Viktor Orban

Viktor Orban

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said the proposed future EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 was unjust after meeting of prime ministers of Visegrad Group (V4, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) countries, on November 5, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. He also criticised the maintaining of the system of rebates, from which especially West European countries benefitted. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

VIKTOR ORBAN

VIKTOR ORBAN

Hungarian PM Viktor Orban said the proposed future EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 was unjust after meeting of prime ministers of Visegrad Group (V4, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary) countries, on November 5, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. He also criticised the maintaining of the system of rebates, from which especially West European countries benefitted. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

ANDREJ BABIS, VIKTOR ORBAN

ANDREJ BABIS, VIKTOR ORBAN

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks as Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, looks on at the press conference before the Summit of Cohesion Friends in Prague, Nov. 5, 2019. Prime ministers from the Visegrad Group (V4), consider the proposed EU Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 unfair, mainly because it cuts money for cohesion policy. (AP Photo via CTK/Ondrej Deml) SLOVAKIA OUT