Leader of the Parliament's negotiating team: Alain Lamassoure MEP, head of Parliament's Budgets Committee, Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament ©The Council of the European Union European Parliament / EU government negotiations break down Leader of EP team blames "intransigence" of a few countries The 2011 EU budget negotiations reached an impasse on 15 November as a minority of EU countries in the Council blocked all discussion of the EPs role in future budget preparations, despite Parliament's earlier substantial concessions on the level of EU spending foreseen for the coming year.
Alans Lamasūre, Budžeta komitejas priekšsēdētājs un Jeržijs Buzeks, Parlamenta priekšsēdētājs 2011. gada budžeta sarunas nonāca strupceļā 15.novembrī, kad Padomē pāris valstis bloķēja jebkuras sarunas par iespējamo Eiropas Parlamenta lomu nākotnes budžetu apspriešanā, lai gan Parlaments piekrita tikai nelielai budžeta palielināšanai, kā to pieprasīja Padome.