
Everybody understands that it is gonna be a compromise and we are willing to make the decision, everybody needs to come across to give something in order to get something having consulted all the member states during our presidency last autumn, I think that we can be at the very final stage very soon, and I'm optimistic and I can say that at least our Prime Minister is very dedicated to stay in the summit as long as it takes in order to have the agreement in February. That's what our citizens expect so now it's time to deliberate.
Well, I hope that everybody are flexible because we need to compromise. Everybody have of course national interests but if we are willing to have a European budget it means that we are going to have an European budget. Not a Finnish one, not a Danish one, but an European one, so it means that everybody needs to give something in order to get something.
I wouldn't recommend that to anybody. I hope that all the leaders come to a summit in a good spirit of compromise and ready to agree together.
Thank you very much.
Doorstep by Tytti Tuppurainen, Minister for European Affairs of Finland, following the General Affairs Council, taking place on 28 January 2020, in Brussels.
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General Affairs Council - January 2020
EU Ministers of Foreign and European Affairs meet on 28 January 2020, in Brussels. The meeting is chaired by Andreja Metelko-Zgombić, Croatian State Secretary for European Affairs. The meeting starts with a presentation of the priorities of the Croatian presidency for the first half of 2020. This item is taken in public session. The Council also holds an exchange of views on the proposed Conference on the Future of Europe.
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