MEPs Try to Hold EU Hostage Over Demand for Extra £13.8bn in Cash
Crisis talks over the European Union budget collapsed in disarray after MEPs refused to turn up to discuss their demand for an extra £13.8 billion in Brussels spending over the next year.
by Bruno Waterfield, Brussels
Telegraph.co.uk
Furious Treasury ministers were summoned to Brussels on Tuesday night to continue bad-tempered negotiations after the European Parliament walked out of a meeting on Friday night.
Greg Clark, who flew to Brussels only for the talks to cancelled, attacked MEPs who have threatened to derail the EU to defend their demands for large increases in spending despite the economic crisis and national austerity measures.
“It is senseless that the only budget deal the European Parliament is interested in is one that massively increases EU spending – raiding Europe’s taxpayers,” he said.
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2012-11-13 19:21:01
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