25/10/2014
My version of the Cameron "budget" story is on hold, pending a decision by
The Sunday Telegraph on whether to use it. I'll keep you appraised. Meanwhile, it looks as if
the media don't know what is happening and are
really struggling. The illustrated text (below) is from the
Telegraph editorial:
Whatever else, and no matter what one might think of the Commission, it doesn't act on a whim - or without consultation. This simply doesn't happen. But
the Commission isn't being very helpful. I don't think Barroso really knows what is going on either.
Mr Barroso tells us that the information he has received from the Commission's services, from his legal experts, is that the budget ramp, "was a decision taken in full independence by the statistical entities". Any person "that has to look with objectivity and honesty to the rules that were approved by the Member States has to accept that sometimes these decisions happen", he says.