Brussels, 27/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) confirmed on Thursday 23 June that it supported the 4.9% increase in payment appropriations for the EU's 2012 budget, as proposed by the Commission. In adopting its mandate ahead of the budget trialogue, the EP says it “is convinced that the proposed level of payments represents the bare minimum required to honour EU legal commitments made in previous years”. It points out that the bulk of this increase is linked to...