Finland PM Says Positions Still Very Far Apart on EU Budget
23 November 2012 - 10:32AM
Dow Jones News
By Alessandro Torello
BRUSSELS--Some positions among European Union countries are
still very far apart in talks to agree on a multi-annual budget for
the bloc and it is hard to say if an agreement will be reached
Friday, Finland's prime minister said.
"It's very difficult to say how far we can go today, everything
is open," Jyrki Katainen said as he headed into the second day of
talks with other EU leaders. "There are some opinions that are very
far from each other."
EU leaders are Friday morning resuming a meeting that started
the previous day, aimed at getting an agreement over a budget for
the 27-nation bloc between 2014 and 2020.
The leaders ended the first day of talks with little sign that a
deal was emerging that would satisfy the U.K. and a large, diverse
pack of other malcontents.
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