Negative reactions from different places. It is rare for a European Commission document to provoke such sharp criticism and from so many different sources. I am referring to the communication, “Reforming the budget, changing Europe”, summarised in EUROPE 10004. It needs to be pointed out and emphasised that in its current form, it is not a Commission document but a draft from one of its services on which it is planning to speak on 24 November and could therefore be subject to revision or...