“With such a drastic increase of funding [from the EU Coronavirus Recovery Fund] it is crucial that the money is spent on policies where the most added value can be created” says Adam Bartha, Director of the EPICENTER network for European free market think tanks.

Writing for New Europe, Adam argues the budget negotiation process within the European Council “may be beneficial from a political perspective but it causes sub-optimal economic outcomes” with money not used as effectively as possible.

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