Brussels, 23/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Council is expected to adopt its position on the budget for 2013 (a 2.79% increase in payment appropriations compared with 2012) on Tuesday 24 July. The United Kingdom, Sweden and the Netherlands are expected to vote against, and Austria to abstain (see EUROPE 10655).
Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom adopted a joint communiqué stating that budgetary restraint is still of the highest...