The budget discord between EU member states and the European Parliament will dominate Brussels' next week agenda, with a last attempt to dash out an agreement on Monday.
"The European Commission is very concerned about the potential failure. This is a test of the Lisbon Treaty and we can't deliver the message that tested over money, the Lisbon Treaty failed," EU budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski said Friday in a press conference.
The melt-down of budget negotiations for 2011 ...
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