Sensitive budget talks are eyeing the EU's administrative machinery and global funding as the most likely targets for deep cuts. But the delegation network is already being reorganised, and small European countries, as well as companies, rely on it heavily.
European governments are locked in tense negotiations over the bloc's next long-term budget, with the administrative costs of EU institutions abroad and the global programme the most likely casualties. But small countries have much to lose if the EU's global diplomatic network shrinks.
