Brussels, 10/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Figures on the draft EU budget for 2012 reveal that the European Parliament (EP) budgets committee is looking to totals of €147.7 billion in commitment appropriations and €133.1 billion in payment appropriations. This represents increases on the 2011 budget of 3.95% in commitments and 5.23% in payments (see EUROPE 10467).
Negotiations with the Council are likely to prove difficult as the member states have undertaken to adopt a very tight budget...