26/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - At a proposal by the Budget Commissioner, Michaele Schreyer, the European Commission is to adopt, on Tuesday, the preliminary draft budget for 2003. Based on the annual political strategy approved in February by the Commission, the preliminary draft budget comes under the sign of enlargement and should comprise credit appropriations of EUR 98.183 billion (a 2.6% rise compared to 2002) and EUR 99.968 in commitment appropriations (up 1.4%). In addition, the...