Brussels, 24/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Ahead of Thursday's special Hampton Court Summit where the EU's Financial Perspectives for 2007-2013 will be discussed but not actually negotiated, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Monday that securing a deal on the European Union budget was key to meeting the challenge of global economic competition. 'It is important that the financing deal is seen as part of the bigger picture which we are trying to move Europe forward in the direction of reform...