Six EU Net Contributors Demand Hundreds of Billions in Cuts to Bloc's ...

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"The European Union must make clear choices and redefine its budgetary priorities, just as we are doing at home," warned Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden in a joint statement, ahead of what are expected to be difficult discussions among the 27 member states this autumn. "The Commission's proposal, amounting to nearly €2 trillion, must be reduced by several hundred billion euros, in a balanced way," they asserted. …

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The European Commission's proposal for a new EU budget must be reduced by several hundred billion euros, Denmark believes.

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The so-called frugal European Union (EU) member states said in a statement on Thursday that the European Commission's nearly 2 trillion euro budget proposal requires spending cuts of "several hundred billion".

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Germany, Austria and four other countries want to cut the Brussels budget proposal by hundreds of billion euros, which means that they are largely alone.