Big payers want to reduce cost of EU enlargement
The biggest payers to the EU budget, in particular Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden, insisted on reducing the financial burden of enlargement at their first discussion of this issue. At the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Cáceres on 9 February, they proposed reducing the Commission's suggested budget of 40 billion euro for enlargement to 32 billion, for the period 2004-2006.
The biggest payers to the EU budget, in particular Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and Sweden, insisted on reducing the financial burden of enlargement at their first discussion of this issue. At the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Cáceres on 9 February, they proposed reducing the Commission’s suggested budget of 40 billion euro for enlargement to 32 billion, for the period 2004-2006.
