Brussels, 02/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 2 May, the European Commission adopted its preliminary draft budget for the year 2008, which will, for the first time, give over the highest proportion of commitment appropriations to policies which favour growth and employment within the EU. The preliminary draft, which kicks off the procedure for the adoption of the 2008 budget at the end of the year, devotes 44.2% of total EU expenditure to policies related to the Lisbon strategy and...