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December 06, 2005
Budget Battle Underway Ahead of Next Week's EU Summit
The Guardian of London's Nicholas Watt reported from Brussels December 6, 2005 that, "France and Poland spearheaded an assault last night on Britain's plans to cut the EU budget by £16bn as part of a deal that would preserve most of the British rebate and slash spending in eastern Europe."
"Setting the scene for a bruising 10-day battle before next week's EU summit, the two countries on either side of Europe branded the British budget proposal as "unacceptable," Mr. Watt wrote. Here's more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at December 6, 2005 07:35 AM
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