Incoming European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso has set himself up for his first power struggle with net paying member states by promising to stick with plans to substantially raise the EU budget for the next financial period.
In an interview with several newspapers, including the Financial Times and the Süddeutsche, Mr Barroso said "My starting off point will be the proposal that the Prodi Commission made".
The current commission, under Romano Prodi, suggested in...
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