As we who follow 'matters EU' have known for a few days, the infamous budget has been agreed in Brussels, it being 'pegged' to 2.9%. No doubt Kim Jong-Il III will shortly be flooding the airwaves, all 'Cockle Doodle' [and] Doo[ing] our ears no good with his incessant mantra of how Britain has shaped EU policy, that Britain's voice is now being heard.
What our Con[servative]Artist will not be telling us is that (a) agreement still has to be reached between the Heads of State and the EU Parliament on the question of a contingency fund to deal with 'emergencies'; and (b) that in return for agreement to the budget rise being pegged at 2.9%, the EU Commission have agreed to publish, mid-2011, a proposal on 'own resources' - both measures which will result in the United Kingdom paying yet more money to the EU.
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The EU is now an Elephant hanging off a cliff holding on to a daisy.
And with Merkel considering a recapitalisation of the ECB as a stealth fund to bail out the failing Euro how much will be our share of that?
http://www.expatica.com/de/news/german-news/germany-favours-possible-ecb-capital-increase-source_117319.html
Anonymous: nice analogy!
Rossa: Exactly - Cam say nothing but, WTF does he know? Presently gloating over his 2.9% being agreed but no mention of the "own resources" tax on the horizon!
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