Kulbergs: Latvia to keep demanding extra seven billion euros for eastern flank in EU budget talks
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said in Brussels that Latvia will keep pressing in EU long-term budget talks for an additional seven billion euros to strengthen the eastern flank.
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Latvia will continue to insist at the European Council meeting in Brussels that the European Union's multiannual budget include an additional seven billion euros for strengthening the eastern flank. Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs (United List party) told journalists this on Thursday as he arrived at the meeting.
The European Council is a gathering of EU heads of state and government that addresses the bloc's key political issues, including its long-term budget. According to Kulbergs, Latvia is not dropping its demand for the extra funding and maintains it in the talks taking place over these days.
The source gives no further details on the specific purposes the funds would serve or on how other member states have responded to Latvia's demand.
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