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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8324
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget

In run-up to Summit, Chirac queries "British cheque"

Brussels, 22/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - After meeting the President of the European Council, Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday, Jacques Chirac told reporters that a solution had to be found that was acceptable to all for funding enlargement and efforts had to be made to keep overall EU spending below a ceiling acceptable to all. Recommending an examination of all expenditure, cited the examples of the CAP, Structural Funds and the "British cheque" (refund) which is not as justified as in the...

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