Brussels, 17/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 17 December, the European Parliament (EP) debated the 2009 EU budget and appeared fairly disappointed by the lack of resources to meet the many challenges resulting from the economic and financial crisis and to fund the European economic rescue plan. On Thursday 18 December, the EP will formally adopt (in second reading) next year's Community budget.
Although there are now very few contentious points in the budget debate, the rapporteur,...