23/10/2015 (Agence Europe) - Budgets 2016: four countries refer to costs of hosting refugees. Austria, Belgium, Italy and Finland have referred to the impact of hosting refugees on their public finances in their draft 2016 budgets submitted to the European Commission (see other article). On a case-by-case basis, the Commission will assess whether the migration challenge may represent an exceptional circumstance within the meaning of the Stability and Growth Pact if, and only if, a country...