Brussels, 20/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - On first reading of Budget 2002, on Friday, the Budget Council unanimously established a draft budget amounting to 99.009 billion euro in commitment appropriations (increase of 2.1% on Budget 2001) and 95.598 billion euro in payment appropriations (+ 1.97% on 2001). This is confirmation of the agreement secured within Coreper, with the only difference being that all Member States agreed to the draft budget (see EUROPE of 18 July, p.8 ad 13 July, p.8)....