Brussels, 15/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 15 April, the European Commission adopted a preliminary draft amending budget to reduce member states' contributions paid to the 2008 budget by €1.529 billion. The surplus (the difference between all EU budget revenue and spending) at the end of the 2007 financial year was at a historic low, amounting to just over 1% of the total agreed Community spending for 2007 (€113.846 billion). The proposal allowing member state contributions to be...