Financial Perspective: MEPs adopt new draft resolution

The Budgets Committee of the European Parliament sent a fresh warning to the Council of the European Union in the negotiations on the next Financial Perspective, March 2006. MEPs in the committee unanimously adopted a draft resolution which formally terminates the current Inter-Institutional Agreement, allowing Parliament to keep the more advantageous Treaty provisions as the sole basis if talks on the next FP fail

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European Parliament: Article, 27.3.06: EP defends citizens' interests in long term budget http://europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/034-6744-079-03-12-905-20060324STO06741-2006-20-03-2006/default_en.htm

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