EU budget ‘faces more difficulties’
Fine Gael MEP Mairéad McGuinness, who made the prediction, said the debate about the future of the EU is intrinsically linked with the debate about the overall EU budget.
“France is a member of what has become known as the ‘club’ of the six countries wanting to reduce its financial contributions to the EU budget from 2007, despite having already committed themselves to a policy agenda, including the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP), based on no reduction in funding.