Will EU taxpayers have to put their hands in their pockets to repay the European recovery plan?
There was absolutely no question of it a year ago, when the Twenty-Seven agreed on this historic windfall.
The option today seems much less absurd as the discussions around new own resources, supposed to finance NextGenerationEU - and in particular the 385.8 billion euros in subsidies granted to Member States - are shaping up to be difficult.
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Moreover, the Commission finally felt that it was urgent to wait.
While she was committed to presenting her proposals in June, she first postponed to July 20 before announcing that it would be necessary to wait until "
the fall
".
"
Until November probably
", according to a diplomat.
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In reality, the EU executive cannot afford to defer to EU taxpayers.
First, because the Member States would not accept it.
But also because such a decision would have for
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