Brussels, 25/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso spoke out on Tuesday 24 July in protest at the paring down imposed by the Council on the EU budget for 2013. In a letter to heads of state and government he says that cutting payment levels by more than €5 billion in 2013, compared with the Commission's initial proposals, would be a “false economy” (see EUROPE 10662 for the Council position on the 2013 budget). These cuts will, Barroso says,...