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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8256

17 July 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget
Council to adopt austere draft budget 2003 in first reading on Friday - problem of administrative spending should dominate consultation meeting

Brussels, 16/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The ministers of the Economy, Finance and Budget of EU Member States are to meet, on Friday in Brussels, to adopt the draft budget 2003 at first reading. The draft budget should be characterised by the three following principles: - full respect of each of the annual spending ceilings set by the financial perspectives (and therefore refusing mobilisation of the flexibility instrument proposed by the European Commission); - creation of sufficient margins...

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