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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10247
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (eu) european council

Eleven countries revolt to constrain 2011 budget

Brussels, 29/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - The EU budget for 2011 was a gate-crasher at the meeting of the European Council. Under the leadership of the United Kingdom, 11 countries (UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark, Austria, Finland, Slovenia and Estonia) wrote to the president of the Council on Friday 29 October stating that they would not agree to make any further concessions to the European Parliament in negotiations underway on next year's budget. In...

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