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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10391

2 June 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/budget
ALDE wants freeze on spending in 2012 budget

Brussels, 01/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The third largest political group in the European Parliament, the ALDE Group, believes that there is enough room for manoeuvre for austerity and budgetary ambition to be combined in the 2012 budget. ALDE proposes a real terms freeze on the EU's budget expenditure. This would mean an increase only in line with the rate of inflation, which is standing around 3%. However, the Liberals and Democrats argue that any money left unspent, instead of being...

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