Blair refuses to budge over EU rebate
Last updated at 11:54 14 December 2005
Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused any new concessions on Britain's EU rebate in a new European budget offer today.
Fresh Government proposals ahead of tomorrow's EU summit would increase overall spending by a fraction, with virtually all the new money going to the newest and poorest member states.
But despite predictions that Mr Blair would give away more on the rebate, the Prime Minister stuck to his guns in a direct challenge to French President Jacques Chirac.
And Mr Blair is still demanding a full-scale review of the Common Agricultural Policy in 2008 - something the French have flatly refused to accept.
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