Brussels, 27/06/2012 (Agence Europe) - Implementation of the EU budget improved in 2012, but several billion more euro are needed to pay all the bills, said EU Budget Commissioner Janusz Lewandowski on Wednesday 27 June.
He explained that as at 31 May, nearly 87% of commitment appropriations (€124.99 billion) from the EU budget for 2012 had been allocated with a 60% implementation rate for payment appropriations (€74.38 bn), but there is a high rate of implementation after five months....