Final EU 2008 Budget: €120.3bn, 5.7% increase in 2007, go ahead for Galileo and the European Institute of Technology

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Publication Date 13/12/2007
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The European Parliament adopted its second reading of the 2008 EU budget on the 13 December 2007. The EU general budget for 2008 will be €120,346,758,612 in payment appropriations, nearly 0.96% of the total GNI of the Member States. The 2008 budget is it is an increase of 5.7% on the 2007 figure. The European Parliament's second reading concluded the annual budgetary procedure for the EU. The 2008 budget was to be officially signed in the EP in Brussels on 18 December 2007.
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European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/1924: EU budget 2008: biggest share to go on boosting economic growth http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1924&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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