EU budget talks in deadlock

Talks on next year's EU budget have ended in deadlock, after Britain led a group of countries refusing to offer MEPs a bigger say in future spending priorities.

The European Parliament had already given up on its original plan for a 6 % rise that would be pegged back to just 2.9 %.

But in return parliament negotiators wanted face-saving commitments from EU Finance Ministers about the increased role of MEPs.

Damon Embling reports.

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