24/11/2016 (Agence Europe) – In its adoption, on Thursday 24 November, of the report by José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, Portugal) on the draft amending budget no. 4/2016, the committee on budgets of the European Parliament agreed to a reduction of €7.3 billion in payment appropriations (in the field of the cohesion policy), reducing the national contributions of the member states of the EU by the same amount (see EUROPE 11663). This amending budget furthermore increases the commitments to...