EU leaders reconvene after stormy talks over €750bn recovery package
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#55W67)
Meeting follows acrimonious first day of negotiations with Dutch prime minister demanding national veto on spending
EU leaders reconvened a summit in Brussels after a stormy first day of talks on the terms of a 750bn (682bn) economic recovery package ended with the Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, complaining of an increasingly surly" response to his demand for a national veto on spending.
Prime ministers and presidents declined to comment as they arrived back at the Europa building after the previous day's 13 hours of talks - the first in person meeting for five months - ended in acrimony.
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