Brussels, 26/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the European Commission is expected to adopt the preliminary draft budget for 2006, which is counting on an increase of 5.9% in payment appropriations compared to the 2005 budget. It is calling for a mobilisation of the flexibility instrument for funding part of the external aid of the EU for Asian countries' whose coasts were submerged in the tidal wave on 26 December 2004.
The Commissioner has therefore given the green-light to...