European Governments Cut Nearly EUR 4 Bln From 2011 Budget
Written by Jessica Clark on August 14, 2010 – 9:15 am() - European governments reduced EUR 3.6 billion from 2011 budget proposed by the European Commission.
The 27 European Union member states agreed a 2011 budget of EUR 126.5 billion, down more than EUR 3.6 billion from EUR 130 billion budget the European Commission proposed in April.
The move is expected to pave the way for tough discussions, before the European Parliament takes a decision on the budget in November. In a joint statement, EU members said the position on budget was taken in view of the current budgetary constraints of the member states.
Compared to this year’s EU budget, the amended budget for 2011 still shows an increase of 2.9%, which the EU members called a limited and controlled increase. Still, Austrian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Dutch, Swedish and the United Kingdom delegations voted against the budget.
In a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen, British Prime Minister David Cameron said European budget should be reduced rather than increased. “We cannot ask our members of the public to pay more in the UK and have to pay more in Europe as well,” Cameron said in London.
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