Unfortunately, the draft EU budget was submitted for approval before the parties reached agreement on how to distribute the funds between so called "forward-looking" support for research and development, structural reforms and "backward looking" agricultural and regional policy activities. Further worsening the negotiating climate, the summit also combined a debate over the Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) with debate over Britain's rebate.
Nažalost, nacrt proračuna EU podnesen je prije no što su strane postigle sporazum o raspodjeli sredstava među takozvanom "proaktivnom" podrškom istraživanju i razvoju, strukturalnim reformama i "retroaktivnim" aktivnostima vezanim uz poljoprivrednu i regionalnu politiku. dodatno pogoršavajući klimu pregovora, samit je također kombinirao raspravu o Zajedničkoj poljoprivrednoj politici Unije (CAP) s debatom oko britanskog povrata plaćanja.