Brussels, 07/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - The negotiations on the European Union's draft budget for 2014 will not be easy next week, because the Council of Ministers and European Parliament take differing views, particularly on the level of payment appropriations for 2014, use of budget flexibility and how draft amending budget No. 9 for 2013 is to be financed (€400.5 million from the EU Solidarity Fund).
If disagreement persists after the conciliation meeting on Monday, it is feared that...