Brussels, 15/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU member states' experts reached agreement on the draft EU budget for 2014 by a large majority.
The member states' representatives to the EU (Coreper) are expected on Thursday 18 July to approve the Council of Minsters' negotiating position for the 2014 budget before the budget is finally adopted by the Ecofin Council using the written procedure, which runs out on 2 September. New programmes are now exempt from budget cuts (action to tackle youth...