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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10004

23 October 2009
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget
Commission's draft review of EU budget takes cash from farming and cohesion and gives it to growth, jobs and tackling climate change

Brussels, 22/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is planning to publish a report on 24 November 2009 on changing the EU budget and Europe in general. A somewhat provocative early version of the report suggests that most EU spending should go to three key areas (namely, sustainable growth and jobs; energy and tackling climate change; and Europe in the world) and funding should be hived off from farming and the cohesion policy to the benefit of the three priority areas. EUROPE has...

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