Positions on the EU budget for 2007-2013 are hardening ahead of the meeting of EU leaders next week, when they are supposed to reach a compromise on the thorny issue.
Foreign ministers from the 25-member bloc will have an informal meeting on Sunday (12 June) to discuss the future spending of the EU, but the tone of the meeting has been set by some EU leaders in the run up to Sunday.
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has sent a letter to the Luxembourg EU presidency, saying ...
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