Poland Challenges EU Cuts
Poland does not agree to the proposed cuts of expenditures for the development of the poorest EU regions.
The plan was put forward by Luxembourg which holds the rotating EU presidency during the meeting of the EU heads of diplomacy concerning the EU budget for the years 2007-2013.
Each of the union states was to receive no more than 4% of the GDP. Luxembourg suggested that the sum should not exceed 3.8%, which means that Poland would receive 12 billion zloty less that expected.
'This solution cannot be accepted by this country,' says the government.
The proposed cuts are supported by France, Germany, Great Britain, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands.