Statement: Letter from President Barroso to the Italian Presidency of the EU Council on the EU budget payment shortages

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Series Details STATEMENT/14/293 (02.10.14)
Publication Date 02/10/2014
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On the 2 October 2014 President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, made a statement in a letter addressing the Italian Presidency of the EU Council on the EU budget payment shortages.

The Commission had proposed an increase of €4.7bn in payment appropriations in draft amending budget 3/2014 in order to face the payment shortages experienced in several programmes and to respond to a number of unforeseen circumstances.
Source Link http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_STATEMENT-14-293_en.htm
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ESO: Background information: EU BUDGET: '(not) enough is (not) enough! http://www.europeansources.info/record/speech-eu-budget-not-enough-is-not-enough/
Blog: Open Europe, 02.10.14: When is money not "real money"? Let's ask the European Commission... http://openeuropeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/when-is-money-not-real-money-lets-ask.html
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