Brexit burned $81bn hole in EU budget, leaders try to fill gap

European Union leaders are meeting in Brussels to draw up a seven-year budget plan as they try to fill an $81bn deficit left by the United Kingdom’s departure from the bloc.
But getting all 27-member states to agree is not proving to be easy as richer and poorer states argue over how large their contributions should be.

Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from Brussels.

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