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EU Budget Commissioner Warns Of A ‘Pandora's Box’ Scenario If UK Refuses To Pay €2.1 Billion Bill

Vittorio Hernandez   |

Oct 28, 2014 02:19 AM EDT

European Union Budget Commissioner Jacek Dominik warned British Prime Minister David Cameron on Monday that if the UK would refuse to pay the €2.1 ((US$2.67 billion)) billion it owes the regional bloc, it would open a "Pandora's Box" that could lead to the UK rebate from the EU being placed at stake.