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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10622

30 May 2012
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) budget
Seven member states want no budget increase for 2014-2020

Brussels, 29/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - At the General Affairs Council in Brussels on Tuesday 29 May, seven member states (Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Finland and the Netherlands) called for there to be no change in the level of the EU budget. “The new multi-annual financial framework should not lead to an increase in national contributions to the EU budget. Accordingly, total spending for the 2014-2020 period needs to be substantially lower than...