GREEK PRESIDENCY / (ae) budget

Greek Presidency wants end to amending budgets

Athens, 08/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - In Athens on Wednesday 8 January, Greece's Minister of Finance Yannis Stournaras announced that one of the priorities of the Greek Presidency will focus on the EU budget.

The Presidency wants to focus on the guidelines of the 2015 EU budget, emphasising the “guarantee of the principle of healthy budget management”, he said, adding that “a realistic forecast” is needed “to avoid the phenomenon of amending budgets”.

Deputy Finance Minister...