Government insists on EU rebate

mkpdavies · 06-12-2004, 10:46 PM

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle...storyID=633988

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LONDON (Reuters) - The government has insisted it will not relinquish its European Union rebate and has suggested negotiations on the bloc's next budget could stretch well beyond the middle of next year.

"It's entirely justified and it's not up for negotiation," Foreign Secretary Jack Straw told a parliamentary committee on Monday.

Oh, so now we are supposed to believe that our government is getting tough with the EU. How very convienient in the run up to an election.

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The European Commission wants to scrap Britain's 4.6 billion euro (3.2 billion pound) annual rebate from 2007 in favour of a partial refund for all major contributors to EU coffers.

Thats the first time I have heard it is the whole commision that wants to scrap it. Good to see seven of the dodgy geezers are setting their sights on us again.

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