On this Thursday's Europe Today, Bulgaria's Deputy Prime Minister Atanas Pekanov joins Méabh Mc Mahon in studio on the day of the EU Budget Conference, making the case for larger spending than some Northern countries currently accept. Euronews' Angela Skujins is also talking all things budget with German Budesrat President Andreas Bovenschulte. Plus, Jorge Liboreiro reports from Dublin Castle, where a major opening ceremony marked the beginning of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU. Finally, João Almeida da Silva from the EU's Emergency Coordination Centre is on the ground in Venezuela amid devastation caused by recent deadly earthquakes.
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