Brussels, 18/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 11 November 2011, the EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament (EP) were locked in lengthy talks about the EU's budget for 2012 and, as we went to press this Friday, the European Parliament delegation had offered to agree to the level of payment appropriations set out by member states on 25 July 2011, namely €129.1 billion, which amounts to a freezing of the 2011 budget (decided upon in December 2010) given that 2% inflation is...