16/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - Agriculture Commissiner Franz Fischler , who was in Berlin at the opening of the Grüne Woche told the press of the request of six EU countries including his own, Austria, to freeze the Union budget at 1% of GDP. The six ask that a 27-member Union or more be financed with 2% of what they spend themselves at national level whereas they call on the EU to take more and more tasks on. In short, he said, Europe is being asked to do more at less cost. This is something...