The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, This Friday he showed himself “convinced” about what in the next six months, Under the Belgian presidency of the Council, the Twenty-seven will count on “the good work” of the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander de Croo, to achieve this agreement at 27, although he does not venture if it will be “easier or more difficult” than the pact already reached at 26.

In any case, Sánchez has specified, it will be up to the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, to achieve this update of the financial framework “so necessary to unlock the aid of 50,000 million euros for Ukraine that is part of the review of the long-term budget. EU deadline for the period 2024-2027″.

This was indicated by Sánchez at a press conference with the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, and the president of the European Council, Charles Michel, after participating in the working session of the European Council in Brussels, in which he made balance of the six months of the Spanish presidency.

Speaking of the multiannual financial framework, he commented that in these six months they have tried to do “very difficult”, “very complex” work and have managed to “settle an agreement at 26”. In this sense, he was “convinced” that under the Belgian presidency in the next six months “we will count on the good work of Prime Minister De Croo to achieve this agreement at 27.” “I don’t know if it will be easier or more difficult than the previous agreement reached at 26, but, in any case, it will be up to him to achieve this update of the framework.” much needed financial as has been said before by both the President of the Commission and the President of the Council,” he added.

In his speech, he recalled that on July 1 he had the opportunity to meet in Kyiv with the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, to whom he conveyed the “manifest will of all member states and community institutions.” from this semester “to be able to approve this historic agreement” reached this Thursday to “open negotiations with Ukraine”.

“We have achieved relevant quantitative and qualitative files,” highlighted Sánchez, who recalled that since the beginning of the war in Ukraine or “even before” “the rise in energy prices” was already beginning to be suffered and a few days ago the electricity market was reformed, “one of the most important milestones” of this presidency after a debate “very intense”.