Britain seeks budget deal without losing its rebate

As foreign ministers gather in Brussels on Monday (7 November) to resume talks on the future EU budget, British officials indicate the UK presidency is unlikely to compromise on the country's rebate.

"We won’t go into negotiating compromises at all. This will be everyone taking a pot-shot at us and trying to intimidate us into thinking we have to move. They will all be saying that the Luxembourg proposal, with all its manifest lack of balance, is the way forward. It’s completely unacce...