Speaking on his arrival at day two of the EU summit in Brussels, Mr Varadkar said he had made this clear during a meeting with European Council President Charles Michel and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the early hours of this morning."Essentially it means Ireland will contribute much more to the EU budget but we'll actually receive less back in terms of payments to Irish farmers and also funds for regional development and social development.
"That's not something we can accept and I made that very clear to President von der Leyen and President Michel last night.Ireland wants to maintain farm spending at current levels, but under the current proposals the Common Agriculture Policy would see a cut of up to €53bn. Mr Varadkar said the so-called Frugal Four - Netherlands, Austria, Sweden and Denmark - were holding their position "very hard".
There are still significant gaps between bigger net contributors and poorer member states over the size of the budget and what the spending priorities should be.
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tconnellyRTE And now your huge increase of euros will be on its way to the EU coffers. brexit
tconnellyRTE I doubt the EU will last another 7 years they thought we`d lay down to their shitty deal they forgot 1 thing, we are British we don't lie down for anyone
tconnellyRTE let the EU die x
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tconnellyRTE Not quite turkeys voting for Christmas but certainly some chickens coming home to roost !
SteveAikenUUP tconnellyRTE And what’s your point Steve
tconnellyRTE Every time a negotiation (for a 7 year! budget) takes place, the anglo -saxon Murdoch press & fans declare The Apocalypse. Haven't you lot learned by now that we fight our corners very hard in the EU, but in the end we agree? (non applicable to brexit!) ... Google 'negotiation'
tconnellyRTE Is the €1 trillion green new deal still in the budget....
tconnellyRTE Lmao.. the crazy failing German project is crumbling right in front of their eyes.
tconnellyRTE Wow, what a shock!!!...🤪.....UK wake-up and smell the fair traded coffee....
tconnellyRTE Quelle surprise!
tconnellyRTE Surely Leo has just bent over for the EU and said Ireland will cover the deficit from Brexit. Ireland has always done what it's told.
tconnellyRTE Well well well. Now we know the real reason behind project fear.
tconnellyRTE Hahahaaaa! And they tried to say the UK would be in trouble.
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