Brussels, 06/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 6 July, the Committee of Permanent representatives of Member States to the EU (Coreper) finalised its preparatory work on the first stage of the draft 2007 budget, the first from the new financial framework covering the period until 2013. The Ecofin Council (in the “Budget” session) meets on 14 July to adopt, on first reading, next year's draft budget, which, as is often the case at this stage in the proceedings, contains many reductions in...