Brussels, 27/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 26 June the three institutions of the EU came to an agreement on the new financial instruments for external relations for 2007-13. The financial instruments include cooperation and development, economic cooperation, European Neighbourhood and Partnership Policy, aid for stability and pre-accession. The European Parliament has managed to implement an additional instrument on human rights. "This political agreement sends a powerful signal to our partner countries that the EU not only practises solidarity within its borders, but with the outside world as well”, declared Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, who added, “This agreement ensures the necessary legal and planning certainty” of the programmes. The instrument for development cooperation and economic cooperation has a budget of €15.1 bn for 2007-13. The three other instruments are for the European Partnership and Neighbourhood programme (€10.5 bn over seven years, the pre-accession instrument (10.2 million) and the stability instrument for dealing with crises and instability in third countries (€2.5 bn).