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EU chief unveils budget plan setting scene for tense summit

by Associated Press
| February 16, 2020 12:05 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Council president unveiled Friday his proposal for the EU’s next long-term budget, but the figure falls far short of the demands of Europe’s parliament, which must ratify the spending package, setting the scene for tense negotiations.

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