Brussels, 22/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 22 October 2009, the European Parliament decided in first reading to vote through increases to sections of the EU budget for 2010 to ensure that next year, the EU will be able to use its budget to tackle the economic crisis by encouraging economic recovery, competitiveness, cohesion and job protection, explains the report of László Surján (EPP, Hungary) on the draft budget for 2010. In first reading, the EP voted through a draft budget of...