By Michael Huguenin, Piers d’Orgee and Steffen Hesseldal Windfeld-Hansen European Union budget commissioner Janusz Lewandowski has indicated the EU will continue to provide rebates to member states that are net contributors. Speaking at his presentation of the 2009 EU Budget, Lewandowski warned that the EU couldn’t ignore the sacrifice made by net contributing member...
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Protect net contributors: Budget Commissioner
Moving towards a defendable budget
By Bart de Bruijn, Bobbie van der List and Kai Heijneman With the economic crisis having made voters much more sensitive to how their money is being spent, Brussels is promising to craft a long-term budget that national politicians can defend. “We should structure the flows in and out in such a way that...
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Short reckonings make long friends
By Andrew Codd, Isaac Duran de Barbozza , Margot Perrier, Alexandra Tendberg In the preamble of the founding treaty of the European Union it clearly states that members should “strengthen the unity of their economies and to ensure their harmonious development by reducing the dfferences existing between the various regions”, but distributing money without...
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