Brussels, 06/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Committee of EU member states' representatives to the EU (COREPER) reached qualified majority agreement, on Thursday 5 July, on preparatory work to enable EU finance ministers to make their first assessment of the draft EU budget for 2008 at their meeting on 13 July. As often happens at this stage in the budget, the draft makes several cuts in budget on the European Commission's initial document. Some member states still have reservations about the...