Straw vows to seek deal on budget rebate

Britain has put talks on future financing of the European Union at the heart of its six month Presidency of the European Union which began on 1 July 2005. In a speech on 30 June 2005 that accompanied a White Paper detailing priorities for the Presidency, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the UK would use the rest of 2005 to try and reach agreement over the 2007-2013 budget, after the collapse of talks at the European Council in Brussels, 16-17 June 2005.

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/International/EuropeanUnion/EUpresidency2005/index.htm http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/International/EuropeanUnion/EUpresidency2005/index.htm

United Kindom: Foreign & Commonwealth Office: White Paper: Prospects for the EU in 2005. The UK Presidency of the European Union, June 2005 http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm66/6611/6611.asp

United Kindom: Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Speeches, 30.6.05: EU White Paper released on eve of UK Presidency http://www.fco.gov.uk/servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029391647&a=KArticle&aid=1119515733110

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