Brussels, 10/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission approved the preliminary draft budget for the year 2001, which it intends to forward immediately to the budgetary authority (Parliament and Council) for the two readings that must result in the fixing of the budget at the end of the year. Commissioner Michaele Schreyer, who presented the document to the press, insisted on the following points:
- the preliminary draft budget is a rigorous one but also that of a...