EU budget rise plans cause controversy

Name: EU budget rise plans cause controversy
Uploaded: 2012-04-25T06:47:10.000Z
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Description: Officials from the European Commission are expected to propose for a 6.8% rise in the EU's budget for 2013.

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The European Commission is expected to call for an increase of close to 7% in its proposed budget for 2013 which would amount to $100bn extra.

But with many EU nations having to adopt strict austerity measures at home, some governments feel the Commission should scale down its spending plans.

The BBC's Alpa Patel reports.

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25 April 2012