Friday, October 24, 2014

UK demands emergency talks after £1.7bn EU bill

EU finance ministers have agreed to emergency talks after British Prime Minister David Cameron challenged a demand from the EU for an extra £1.7 billion by December 1, because the UK economy has done better than other EU members since 1995.
Cameron interrupted a meeting of EU leaders to tell Jose Manuel Barroso, the head of the European Commission, that the demand for extra cash from the UK was unacceptable.
The Prime Minister emphasized that a lot of money was being demanded and that it was not just a problem of dealing with Euroskeptic sections of the British media and public.

The demand from the EU will add about a fifth to the UK’s annual contribution of £8.6 billion (US$13.8 billion).
The bill comes after the EU modified how it works out how much each state should pay based on national income. The surcharge now includes estimations from illegal trade in the so-called black economy, such as prostitution and drugs.
“It is not acceptable, it an appalling way to behave,” Cameron told a press conference in Brussels on Friday. “I'm not paying that bill on December 1. If people think I am they've got another thing coming. It is not going to happen.”
A spokesman for the British government said they would be pressing Brussels to explain the bill and that the amount of money they were demanding needs “a full political-level discussion.”
“This money the European Commission was not expecting and does not need, and we will be working with other countries to do all we can to challenge this,” said a British spokesman.
Cameron was supported by Matteo Renzi, the prime minister of Italy, who has also been hit for extra payments by the EU.
But although other countries were also asked for extra cash, including €642 million ($814 million) from the Netherlands, figures seen by the Financial Times suggest that Britain has been asked for the most by far.
In contrast Germany and France actually received a rebate from the EU worth €779 million and €1 billion respectively.
Chancellor George Osborne was furious at the “totally unacceptable” financial demand and said the UK along with other member states whose economies had fared better had been given “no warning.”
“This is not the way an organization like the European Union should act. This organization is not working as it should and Britain’s relationship with this organization is not as we would wish it to be,” he said. 

But an EU official insisted the cash demand was purely a “technical matter,” while Borosso said he was unaware of the issue.
The budget demand could not come at a more awkward time for Cameron, who is facing a general election next May in which one of the key battleground issues will be Europe.
The EU’s request also comes just weeks before a crucial by-election in Rochester and Strood, where the anti-EU UKIP is hoping to snatch a second seat from the Conservatives.
Several Tory MPs have described the financial demand as “illegal” and suggested that the UK should just refuse to pay...................http://rt.com/uk/198996-emergency-talks-eu-bill/
24/10/14
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  1. Cameron sta con Renzi: "No alle richieste di Bruxelles" ...

    Anche Cameron contro le richieste di Bruxelles: "Non pagheremo un contributo aggiuntivo". Renzi: "Non prendiamo lezioni o reprimende"

    L'Unione europea ha infatti chiesto ai Paesi menmbri un contributo extra per aggiustare il budget europeo dopo i nuovi parametri del calcolo del Pil. "Quando le persone producono un'arma letale come questa, non capiscono che porta le persone in tutta Europa a pensare che la Commissione europea è fatta di tecnocrati e burocrati senza anima né cuore?", ha aggiunto Cameron, "Questo è quello che il primo ministro italiano ha detto, e concordo con ogni parola".

    Cameron ha quindi chiesto ai ministri della Finanza europei una riunione d’urgenza per discutere del bilancio Ue. Bruxelles ha chiesto a Londra un contributo da 2,1 miliardi di euro. Una richiesta "inaccettabile" per il premier britannico. Secondo il Financial Times, invece, l'Italia rischia di dover versare alla Commissione circa 340 milioni entro poche settimane. Le cifre definitive saranno rese note a novembre...................http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/cameron-sta-renzi-no-richieste-bruxelles-1062273.html
    24/10/14

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    1. Veröffentlichter Brief: Renzis Spaß mit der EU ...

      Der italienische Regierungschef Matteo Renzi hat einen als „streng vertraulich“ deklarierten Brief der EU-Kommission veröffentlichen lassen. Das ist weit mehr als nur ein Verstoß gegen den diplomatischen Comment.

      Eigentlich sollte es auf dem EU-Gipfel am Freitag in Brüssel um Wachstum und Investitionen gehen – Themen, die dem italienischen Ministerpräsidenten Matteo Renzi erklärtermaßen sehr am Herzen liegen. Zunächst ging es dann aber um etwas ganz anderes, und wie oft genug in den vergangenen Monaten lag das an Renzi, der sich derzeit – als Chef der amtierenden italienischen EU-Ratspräsidentschaft – zwar gerne als Avantgarde einer neuen EU stilisiert, nach dem Urteil der meisten Brüsseler Diplomaten an Europa aber nicht das geringste Interesse hat...............http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/europaeische-union/veroeffentlichter-brief-renzis-spass-mit-der-eu-13228341.html
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  2. Ue chiede più soldi a Italia e Regno Unito, Cameron: "Non paghiamo"...

    La possibilità che l'Europa chieda degli extra-versamenti ad alcuni Paesi membri fa andare su tutte le furie il numero uno del Regno Unito, David Cameron, che chiede una riunione immediata per vederci chiaro e annuncia che non pagherà un conto aggiuntivo che ritiene "inaccettabile". Anche il premier italiano, Matteo Renzi, sposa la linea britannica, affiancato dall'olandese Mark Rutte.

    Secondo quanto ha riportato il Financial Times, alcuni Stati dovrebbero versare una sorta di conguaglio alle casse di Bruxelles. In sostanza, visto che il ricalcolo del Pil dal 1995 al 2013, ha portato una variazione dei conti pubblici, bisogna anche aggiornare il contributo alle casse comuni. In alcuni casi al rialzo, come per l'Italia che ha visto lievitare il prodotto interno lordo con l'aggiunta di parte dell'economia sommersa e il cambio dei parametri statistici. Roma rischia di dover versare circa 340 milioni extra alla Commissione Ue entro poche settimane. La cifra non è definitiva, si legge nel documento che Bruxelles ha inviato ai 28 Paesi membri: il dato esatto sarà reso noto a novembre. A pagare il tributo più alto sarà proprio la Gran Bretagna, con 2,125 miliardi di euro, mentre sconti di 779 milioni e 1,02 miliardi sono previsti rispettivamente per Germania e Francia.................http://www.repubblica.it/economia/2014/10/24/news/bilancio_ue_fondi_cameron_italia_inghilterra_germania-98899487/?rss
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  3. EU will Geld von Großbritannien: David Cameron tobt wegen Milliardenrechnung ...

    In London steigt die Wut. Großbritannien soll 2,1 Milliarden Euro an die EU nachzahlen. Premier David Cameron will sich wehren. Auch die Niederlande müssen zahlen - in Deutschland jubelt man.

    Mit "Frustration" und "Wut" im Gepäck ist der britische Premier David Cameron wieder einmal von einem EU-Gipfel abgereist: Auslöser war eine Zwei-Milliarden-Euro-Rechnung, die sein Land von der EU-Kommission erhalten hat - zahlbar bis zum 1. Dezember. "Wir werden nicht sofort unser Scheckbuch herausholen und einen Scheck über zwei Milliarden Euro schreiben", kündigte Cameron in Brüssel an..............http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Politik/d/5603602/david-cameron-tobt-wegen-milliardenrechnung.html
    24/10/14

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