Brussels, 21/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - After 16 hours of tense negotiation, the governments of the 27 EU member states and the European Parliament (EP), meeting in Brussels, reached agreement at 3 o'clock on Saturday morning on an EU 2012 budget which reflects the rigour that is required in public expenditure in these times of crisis. In terms of payment appropriations, next year's European budget will be €129.08 billion, an amount corresponding to 0.98% of EU gross national income (GNI) -...