Brussels, 04/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - Presenting the draft amending budget no. 1/2016 on Monday 4 April, the rapporteur on the 2016 budget of the EU, José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, Portugal), argued in favour of a permanent humanitarian aid mechanism in the EU which respects the prerogatives of the EP (EUROPE 11523).
The draft budget in question provides for an envelope of hundred million euros in commitments and €80.2 million in payment appropriations to attenuate the refugee crisis in...