the two issues at the centre of a Franco-British row in June. Instead it highlighted the broad consensus on many proposals contained in a compromise bid made by the previous Luxembourg presidency earlier this year and suggested they could still be part of a global accord. The paper affirmed British support for a multi-billion-euro "globalisation adjustment fund" to help workers made jobless because of foreign competition, an idea proposed by the EU's executive Commission whose other main backer is France. Diplomats said others shared the view at the meeting that the Luxembourg proposals had won widespread backing but views remained apart on how to clinch a final deal. France affirmed its opposition to any bid to single out farm spending -- the largest item in the budget -- for changes. Paris and others stressed that any review should be after 2013. Opinions were also split on the globalisation fund, with opposition from a group of northern countries including Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Austria, and new member states including Hungary, Poland and Cyprus, diplomats said. --More 0003 Local Time 2103 GMT
