This is why most new members were ultimately willing to support Luxembourg’s proposed compromise, under which the budget would be only 1.06% of the EU’s overall GDP and Great Britain’s annual rebate would be frozen at €4.6 billion. Indeed, just before the ultimate collapse of the talks, five new members, including the Czech Republic and Slovakia, agreed to an even more radical plan, under which the budget would be only 1% of the EU’s GDP.
这就是为什么大部分新成员国最终愿意支持卢森堡所提议的和谈方案，即预算将只占欧盟全部GDP的1.06%且英国的年返款将封顶在46亿欧元。事实上，就在谈话最终失败之前，包括捷克共和国和斯洛伐克在内的五个新成员国，甚至同意了一项更过分的计划，在这项计划中，预算之占欧盟GDP的1%。