Brussels, 02/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - COREPER, the Committee of Member States' Permanent Representatives to the EU, noted unanimous agreement on Thursday 2 July on the draft EU budget for 2010. The EU Council of Ministers' first reading of the draft 2010 budget will take place on 10 July. It is basically a balanced budget that takes account of the straitened economic and financial situation of EU member states' own budgets. The budget has not yet taken account of the additional expenditure...