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Brexit complicates EU Budget plansBy Andrew WalkerBBC World Service economics correspondent 20 February 2020 Related TopicsBrexit Image copyrightGetty ImagesEU leaders are meeting in Brussels this week to discuss the bloc's future budget plans.These negotiations are always challenging, tending to pit net payers against net beneficiaries.There are proposals from the European Commission and the Parliament that some countries think involve spending too much.This time, the talks are further complicated by the departure of the UK, which was a large net contributor.The talks are about the EU's long term budget or financial framework. It will set out the total spending level and the amount to be spent on particular areas over the next seven years. The current framework runs to the end of this year, so the new one will cover the period up to 2027.Tough talksIt is always a tough negotiating challenge. The countries which put in more than is spent by the EU within their own borders tend to …