In Brussels on Thursday 30 November, the European Parliament approved, by a reasonable majority (295 votes to 154 with 197 abstentions), the budget of the European Union for 2018 on which an agreement was reached by the conciliation committee.
The figures agreed upon by the negotiators of the Parliament and of the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the EU are as follows: €160.1 billion in commitment appropriations and €144.7 billion in payment appropriations (see EUROPE 11908)....