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JACQUES CHIRAC humiliated Tony Blair yesterday by insisting Britain's Pounds 3billion a year EU rebate will be slashed - hours after the Prime Minister helped him win a major battle over job reforms.
The French president declared that the cashback deal won by Margaret Thatcher in 1984 is certain to be reduced to a fraction of its size at a summit in June.See the full content of this document
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Chirac's Stab in the Back for Blair Over Pounds 3bn Rebate
He said: 'One can only have a reasonable budgetary balance if we call into question the British cheque. It can no longer be justified. It is from the past.' Chirac even said the reba...
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