SPECIAL EDITION: BRUSSELS EUROPEAN COUNCIL (16 and 17 June 2005) / (eu) eu/european council

European Council Financial Perspectives negotiations end in failure through lack of political will from British and Dutch - Juncker says Europe is in deep crisis

Brussels, 19/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On the night of 17 to 18 June, following fifteen hours of negotiations, the European Council failed to reach agreement on the Financial Perspectives 2007-2013. The attitude of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, neither of which had enough political will to make concessions, highlighted the deep crisis in the European Union. In the evening of 16 June, the European Council decided to put the European Constitution ratification process on hold,...