Brussels, 05/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 5 October, after two days of talks and votes, the European Parliament's budgets committee finalised its approach to the draft EU budget for 2012, broadly restoring the proposals initially unveiled by the European Commission but removed by the Council of Ministers in July.
The main changes tabled in the amendments lodged by members of the budgets committee are a rise in spending for Palestine (up €100 million), rises in expenditure on...