Brussels, 24/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner-designate for Financial Programming and Budget Dalia Grybauskaité considers the current proposals on Financial Perspectives for 2007-2013 "are a sound basis" to allow an agreement on the issue "by end 2005". She recalls, however, that the incoming Commission "is free to make modified proposals if it deems it necessary, notably in the light of ongoing discussions with the European Parliament and Council". These explanations were given in...