Brussels, 21/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The agreement on the 2012 budget is “way under the European Parliament's initial position”, says the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament (EP). It goes on to say, in a press release issued on Saturday 19 November, that “banking exclusively on austerity measures cannot be the only response to the crisis”.
Isabelle Durant, who was on the negotiating team and is an EP vice-president, says that “even if one has to be understanding of the...