Brussels, 03/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Thanks to the fruitful results of the negotiation with the Council (EUROPE of 26 November 2003, p.9) the European Parliament should approve the 2004 Budget without difficulty, on 18 December in Strasburg. On Tuesday, its Budgets Committee adopted amendments to reject the last remaining problems in the areas of external actions and administrative spending.
Concerning aid to Iraq, the MEPs agreed to 'redeploy' credits in order to allow for the financing...