Brussels, 13/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission will present the draft budget of the European Union for 2017 “before the summer”, rather than 25 May as initially planned.
The Commission prefers not to call it a “delay”, as the publication dates of the draft budgets have varied between mid April and late June in recent years. It explains that the work is still underway to determine the needs.
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