Member states to European parliament: Drop dead
The clash over next year’s EU budget has widely been viewed as a contest between the austere and the profligate. The end result, after a final round of negotiations collapsed in the wee hours of the...
View ArticleEU summit: The morning after, Barroso hits back
During his normal mid-summit breakfast with reporters, José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, the EU’s executive branch, was in a feisty mood, despite the late session Thursday...
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Opening salvo in the EU budget fight
Cameron and Barroso last week at Downing Street, where they discussed the EU budget Amid all the hand-wringing about the Greek parliamentary vote on the key €28b austerity package this afternoon in...
View Article2012 budget: Member states and MEPs make nice
For the unfortunate diplomats locked in the Justus Lipsius council building all of Friday and into Saturday morning, the European Union’s 2012 budget negotiations were an arduous affair. Upon emerging,...
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Leaked summit conclusions: A tweak at Britain?
Britain's David Cameron meets EU's Herman Van Rompuy at Downing Street last year. Aides to Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president, have circulated an updated draft of conclusions for next...
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EU to UK: budget rebate “no longer warranted”
Britain's Cameron, left, talks with EU Commission president José Manuel Barroso at May's summit. With last night’s release of new numbers by Cypriot negotiators, the debate over the EU’s seven-year...
View ArticleEU auditors join budget fight: ‘Show us your sheep!’
Even before the European Court of Auditors released its annual review of EU spending on Tuesday, negotiations over the bloc’s next long-term budget had already turned tense. A group of wealthy nations,...
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Has summit deal on EU budget become impossible?
Martin Schulz, far right, with his fellow EU presidents ahead of budget talks on Monday. Just how bleak do things look for next week’s summit intended to reach a deal on the EU’s next €1tn seven-year...
View ArticleEU Budget: Cameron fears commitment
The big question entering Thursday’s summit is whether Herman Van Rompuy, the European council president, can find the right balance between the UK’s demands for an austere long-term budget and France...
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