Strasbourg, 16/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament is preparing to adopt the EU's 2004 budget on Thursday, for 99.52 billion EUR in commitment appropriations and 94.61 billion in payment appropriations. This budget, which will be signed on Thursday after the vote, only relates to the Fifteen current Member States. Both branches of the budgetary authority agreed to adopt an amending budget early next year, to add the credit needed for the candidate countries and arrive at 111.3...