In the climate talks, the member states got caught up in discussions about details, with Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic in particular calling for wording to guarantee the use of nuclear power and natural gas.

But on Friday morning, a solution was reached.

"Europe is leading the fight against climate change.

We have decided to cut our greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 ", tweets EU Permanent Council President Charles Michel.

Budget in port

The climate was not the only issue discussed during the summit, which began on Thursday.

Sanctions against individual Turkish officials and the EU's large corona support were also on the agenda.

Europe is moving forward!

1.8 trillion euros to put power behind our recovery, "von der Leyen tweeted on Thursday, after Hungary and Poland agreed to lift their blocking veto.

However, the joy of the budget is clouded with really scattered opinions about how it really went when the two reluctant countries changed.

Were Hungary and Poland the others to meet for fear of losing a lot of support?

Or was it, on the contrary, the majority EU that gave in to get its budget in place?

Satisfied Löfven

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) is one of the satisfied.

"For the first time since the EU was formed, a link is now being made between the rule of law and the payment of money - it is historic and a great success for Sweden, which has been pushing for this for several years," Löfven writes in a text message to TT from inside the summit .

The compromise reached is, among other things, that a statement from the European Court of Justice must be sought before the new rule of law comes into force.

Thus, the introduction will be delayed, which has been interpreted as a concession to the two veto-threatening countries, both of which have parliamentary elections in the coming years.

Poland has already announced that it will take the new rules to court to see if they comply with EU constitutions.

"The text applies"

Löfven nevertheless emphasizes that there will be no change in the rules that Hungary and Poland have so strongly opposed.

- That text applies.

It has not been changed for its purpose.

There, Poland and Hungary have had to accept this text that the parliament and the Council of Ministers have agreed on, Löfven said at a press conference with Swedish journalists before the start of the summit.

Before the long-term budget can enter into force, a final approval is now also required from the European Parliament, which is expected to vote on the matter next week.