Brussels, 26/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - Last Thursday, the French minister for European affairs, Laurent Wauquiez, said that the request made on Wednesday by the European Commission to increase the EU budget in 2012 by almost 5% was “unacceptable” because it was excessive in a period of austerity. France has joined other countries that have already expressed their dissatisfaction with this rise. The French minister subsequently declared that, “all European countries are making efforts...