Dave Keating
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🇺🇸🇪🇺American-European journalist ➡️Find me on Substack: https://t.co/gwwNEFSlwX
08-05-2008 19:08:21
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Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, who is from Italy, is holding a press conference now on the #NextGenerationEU #COVID19 #RecoveryFund .
He says this is not about the EU imposing rules on member states. Taking money from the fund is voluntary, but some conditions need to be attached.
Commission VP Valdis Dombrovskis says EU executive has long desired 'own resources' for the EU budget (direct EU taxation), and the original #MFF proposal already for the 1st time included some including the #PlasticsTax
Now with #RecoveryFund , this desire has turned into a necessity