UK rebate ‘no longer justified,’ Brussels says

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Series Details 6.9.10
Publication Date 06/09/2010
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EUObserver reports an interview with EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski in the German newspaper Handelsblatt, September 2010. He said that the United Kingdom'd €3 billion rebate from the EU budget is 'no longer justified'.

Source Link http://euobserver.com/9/30735
Related Links
BBC News, 6.9.10: EU budget commissioner calls for UK rebate to end http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11198960
ESO: Background information: Place in EU 'to cost UK 60% more' http://www.europeansources.info/record/place-in-eu-to-cost-uk-60-more/
Wikipedia: UK rebate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK_rebate
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