German State Broadcaster relishes prospect of more rebate concessions

As Blair gets ready to once again pour more taxpayers' money into the EU the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle opens its website article crowing over the prospect , linked here as pasted below: .....Unusually I include the photograph ... Is it just me or is the otherwise superfluous hand doing a not too subtle imitation of a Churchillian 'V' sign?

Britain Claims Progress as Germany Leads Call for Rebate Cut

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Britain says it's moving closer to the rest of the EU on the budget issue

Britain claimed progress Friday towards resolving the European Union's budget row while Germany, backed by France and Spain, called for the British rebate to be slashed.