EU foreign ministers' talks on the 2007-2013 budget ended after less than a minute on Monday (12 December), with the UK set to issue new proposals on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's summit.
Dutch diplomats said the spending debate lasted 58 seconds before switching to enlargement, while a French official explained "the talks ended because the presidency said we have no new proposals for the time being."
Almost all member states rejected the UK's initial budget offer last week, which...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.