Deadlock at EU budget summit as rival camps dig in
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders appeared no closer on Friday to agreeing on the bloc's long-term budget as poorer countries fought back in talks against "frugal" member states' vow to rein in spending.Setting the seven-year budget is always a tug of war, but it is fiercer than ever this time because Britain's exit from the EU last month has left a 75 billion euro (62.4 billion pounds) gap at a time of costly new challenges from climate change to migration.The standoff over the size..