BrusselsEU leaders rejected the 1.76-trillion-euro budget, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
A proposal to cut 140 billion euros also lacked enough support, a European source told TASS.
Parliament President Roberta Metsola had reported unprecedented divisions between net contributors and beneficiaries, TASS said.
Leaders meet again at an extraordinary summit on 26 November.
How each outlet framed it
- TASS
- relays a diplomat's account that the 140bn-euro cut failed and the talks resume November 26, framed as net-contributor versus beneficiary split
Sources: TASS