16/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - With the adoption on Tuesday 16 December of the report by Kyösti Virrankoski (ALDE, Finland), the Parliament approved the amending budget No 9/2008 as such. The budget covers the following elements: - inclusion in the budget of a rise of forecast receipts (€1.198 billion); - reduction of €4.89 billion in payment appropriations under several headings; - and the inclusion of budgetary aspects for the financing in 2008 of the facility for responding to the...