EURO MPs vote forspending increase
While George Osborne was slashing public spending in this country, Euro MPs in Strasbourg were backing a six per cent increase in EU spending next year.
Despite Ministers warning any such increase would be unacceptable, the European Parliament went ahead anyway to boost the annual EU budget from nearly 108bn this year to more than 114bn in 2011.
The issue now goes into arbitration between MEPs, EU ministers and the European Commission, with this year’s budget being rolled over no deal is done by January.
Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire and Humber Diana Wallis said the decision was “flawed”.