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In adopting its first-reading of the 2008 EU budget, MEPs want the overall amount of payment appropriations to be higher than in the Commission's preliminary draft budget (0.97%) and the Council's draft budget (0,95%), while not exceeding 0.99% of the EU's gross national income (GNI). They propose restoring the level of expenditure entered in the preliminary draft budget and making full use of the margins envisaged under the financial perspectives in several headings.
The EP wants to sharply increase the funding for Galileo, to appropriate additional funds for Palestine and for Kosovo. MEPs reinstate sums devoted to the Lisbon purposes (competitiveness, growth, employment) and the cohesion funding cut out by the Council. In the 2008 budget, for the first
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Opening the October plenary session in Strasbourg, President Hans-Gert PÖTTERING said that the recent summit in Lisbon had been "very successful". The Reform Treaty gives the European Parliament more powers and makes co-decision the normal legislative decision making process. President Pöttering stated that he wished that the ratification processes would go smoothly so as they can be finished by 1 January 2009.
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We are looking for project proposals focusing on: innovation, knowledge economy, research and technology development, clusters, enterpreneurship and SME's.
If you have any proposals, please send them directly to Mrs Anna Maciolek, Department of Economy
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The reform treaty text was approved by all 27 EU leaders between 18-19 October. EU leaders meeting in Lisbon have just ended six years of debate on the workings of the EU institutions. The new reform treaty will help the EU meet the challenges of the 21st century, including globalisation and climate change.
