Strasbourg, 19/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament approved draft amending budget 2/2006 whereby EU Member States reduce their total contributions to the EU budget for 2006 by EUR 2.41 bn (this amount is the amount unspent in the 2005 budget, to be carried forward to the 2006 budget). Adopting the report by Giovanni Pittella (PES, Italy), the European Parliament welcomed the positive developments in budget implementation in recent years. The 2005 surplus is the...