EU legislators split over 2020 budget, risk funding delays

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments on Wednesday rejected EU lawmakers' plans to increase the bloc's spending next year, sparking a row that could delay funding on climate and research projects.Tussles over the EU budget are frequent between parliamentarians, who usually push for higher expenditures, and governments which instead try to keep a lid on them. The parliament agreed on Wednesday to raise EU payments next year to 159.1 billion euros - an amount that EU states said went..