LISBON, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The Portuguese government said a revised 2007-2013 European Union (EU) budget, proposed by the British government, is better than previous ideas, but it is still "minimalist and not enough," local media reported on Wednesday.

    Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates met with his British counterpart Tony Blair on Wednesday and the negotiations between the two "are bearing fruits" but do not appear to be enough for the objectives and ambitions of the EU, the sources said.

    Elsewhere, Lech Kaczynski, new prime minister of Poland, said at a press conference on Wednesday that Poland would veto the latest budget proposal because it offered "a spoonful of solidarity... and a barrel of national egoism."

    Other Polish officials said the budget was not doing enough for the least developed European nations.

    The new proposed budget adds 2.3 billion euros (2.6 billion U.S. dollars) to the previous one presented on Dec. 5. This is a comparatively modest increase to the 849.3 billion euros (977 billion dollars) budget.

    Portugal's share of the new budget has not yet been made clear, but Portugal would have more flexibility on how to use the funds.

    Portuguese newspapers said the new budget would allow an additional 160 million euros (184 million dollars) to be spent on rural areas. Enditem