The EU Council endorsed by qualified majority on Tuesday 11 December in Brussels the agreement between the institutions on the draft budget for 2019 (see EUROPE 12153). Only the United Kingdom abstained from voting. The evening before, the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets had also adopted the compromise.
The agreement between the institutions on the EU budget for 2019 provides for a total of 165.795 billion euros in commitments (increase of 3.2% compared to the 2018 budget) and...