EU leaders at odds over filling EUR75bn Brexit shortfall
(The Guardian Netherlands)

Agreement on a final budget deal at summit is unlikely, says Mette Frederiksen, Danish PMA summit to fix the EU´s long-term budget looked in danger of ending in failure after less than a day of talks, with leaders miles apart on on how to fill the EUR75bn (£63bn) hole left by Brexit.As sources predicted a potential early close in Brussels, the European council president, Charles Michel, came under criticism for aiming `far too high` with a proposed budget of 1.074% of the bloc´s gross national income (EUR1.094tn). Continue reading...