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MEPs fight to hold on to the EU's purse strings (Photo: Italian EU Presidency)

Parliament's budgetary powers under renewed attack

A strong bastion of member states have once again spoken out against the European Parliament having the final say over the EU budget.

At a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday (8 December), the UK, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain and France, all spoke out against MEPs holding sway over the EU's 100bn euro budget.

Only Greece, Luxembourg, Belgium and the European Commission sided with the two representatives of the Eu...

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MEPs fight to hold on to the EU's purse strings (Photo: Italian EU Presidency)

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