Brussels, 15/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - “We have a budget for 500 million Europeans.” With these words Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski welcomed the European Parliament (EP) vote on 15 December, rejecting all the amendments to the draft budget adopted by the Council on 10 December (see EUROPE 10275) and approving the Council text in full. The EP also adopted reports by Sidonia El¿bieta Jêdrzejewska and Helga Trüpel.
EP President Jerzy Buzek brought a certain formality to the event,...