Brussels, 25/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 24 March, the European Parliament (EP) budgets committee approved the estimates for the EP's own 2012 budget. The €1.725 billion total represents an increase over 2011 of 2.3%, “well below the EU27 inflation rate of 2.8%”, the EP says in a press release.
With its approval of its budget guidelines on 9 March, the EP undertook to keep the increase for 2012 below inflation. By staying well below the current EU27 inflation rate of 2.8%,...