European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on July 21. Weary EU leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days and as many nights of wrangling in one of their longest summits ever. Photo: AP European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on July 21. Weary EU leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days and as many nights of wrangling in one of their longest summits ever. Photo: AP
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on July 21. Weary EU leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days and as many nights of wrangling in one of their longest summits ever. Photo: AP
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The View by Andrew Hammond

Will the European Union’s US$2 trillion trillion deal herald a new era of solidarity?

  • The package is distinguished not only by its size and the long drawn-out negotiations that led up to it, but also by its commitment to mutualised debt that paves the way for greater, future EU supranational powers

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on July 21. Weary EU leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days and as many nights of wrangling in one of their longest summits ever. Photo: AP European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on July 21. Weary EU leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days and as many nights of wrangling in one of their longest summits ever. Photo: AP
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel bump elbows after addressing a media conference at an EU summit in Brussels, on July 21. Weary EU leaders finally clinched an unprecedented budget and coronavirus recovery fund after four days and as many nights of wrangling in one of their longest summits ever. Photo: AP
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Andrew Hammond

Andrew Hammond

Andrew Hammond is an associate at LSE IDEAS (the Centre for International Affairs, Diplomacy and Strategy) at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He was formerly a UK goverment special adviser at a time when Britain last held the presidency of the European Union.