Brussels, 19/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - Despite protests from the Commissioner responsible for the Budget, the EU 15 Ministers, gathered this Thursday in Council for the first reading of the preliminary draft 2001 Budget, should not only revise downwards the Commission proposals for aid to the Balkans in 2001, but also, according to Council sources, announced their refusal of the proposal for the multi-annual review (2201-2007) of the financial forecasts, called for by the Commission to plan...