Brussels, 12/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - Negotiations over the next Financial Perspectives for the EU will be very protracted, very tough and highly controversial, and my advice to the European Commission is that it issues a proposal and puts it at the centre of discussions, said Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen on Sunday in an interview with Deutschlandfunk. Verheugen warned that it would be best for the Commission to avoid making 'eccentric' proposals. He said that nothing had yet...