23/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - Jacques Chirac's declarations on the appropriateness of reviewing the British rebate to the EU budget (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.11) were strongly criticised by British MEPs. Thus, other than Liberal Graham Watson (page 6 of this bulletin), Conservative Jonathan Evans said: "Margaret Thatcher's rebate has been worth over £30 billion to Britain", and it is "fundamental to our financial relationship with the EU and is non-negotiable".