European Commission President Romano Prodi has put himself on a collision course with the member states that pay the most into the EU coffers.
In a speech yesterday (19 January), Mr Prodi said that his institution could not accept a reduction in the amount of money that member states pay into the EU budget .
"I have a duty to the future of the organisation to defend it against any cuts in resources in real terms".
He went on to explicitly criticise the six net contributors t...
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