New member state politicians have sharply attacked UK prime minister Tony Blair for his proposed EU structural spending cuts - but western European net paying countries appear to be happy with London's plans for the 2007-2013 EU budget.
Poland, Hungary, the Czech republic and Slovakia - the so-called Visegrad group - on Tuesday (29 November) sent an open letter to the UK presidency reminding it of the importance of EU structural funds, which the UK presidency has proposed to slash in th...
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