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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11531

14 April 2016
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) budget
European Parliament approves first funds from EU emergency assistance instrument

Brussels, 13/04/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 13 April, the European Parliament approved the first injection of funds from the new instrument to provide emergency aid in the Union and help countries like Greece, which are experiencing a massive influx of refugees and migrants (see EUROPE 11524).

By adopting the report by José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, Portugal) on the 1/2016 EU amending budget for the 2016 tax year (584 votes in favour, 64 against, with 33 abstentions), the EP approved...

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