Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Eurozone countries ask of budget targets to be relaxed following refugee crisis

Some states within the single currency eurozone have requested that funds spent on dealing with the refugee crisis are not included in calculations— as they prepare to submit their budgets for EUreview by October 15. 

Countries like Belgium and the Netherlands, however, say any change in budget policy could cause problems.

Our correspondent Anna Brugmann reports:

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