Brussels, 16/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Thursday 17 July 2008, EU economic and finance ministers at the ECOFIN Council will have their first reading of the EU's draft budget for 2009, chaired by Eric Woerth, the French budget, public accounts and civil service minister. The ECOFIN Council is expected to endorse without any problem its experts' preliminary work, in other words a €1.7 billion reduction in payment appropriations and a €469.4 bn cut in commitment appropriations...