Anger as Europe demands an extra £2.5 billion from Britain to plug ANOTHER blackhole in the EU's budget
European Commission says it needs £20billion extra from member states
Comes just three months after demanding an additional £10billion
Eurocrats blame sudden flurry of invoices at the end of the financial year
Tory MEP Marta Andreasen says EU of treats public money with 'disdain'
By Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor and Jason Groves
PUBLISHED: 15:51, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 08:53, 5 March 2014
Britain could be forced to hand an extra £2.5billion to Brussels to help plug a massive black hole in the EU budget, it emerged last night.
In a dramatic admission, EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski said Brussels overspent its budget by an astonishing £20billion last year.
Mr Lewandowski, who blamed the situation on late invoices, said the cash would be taken from this year’s budget in the short term. But officials conceded it was almost certain to lead to a request for a bailout later this year, making a mockery of claims that the EU budget has been brought under control.
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