Parliament adopts the EU Budget 2009 – €134 billion or 1.03 percent of EU GNI

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Series Details 18.12.08
Publication Date 18/12/2008
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The European Parliament adopted the EU's 2009 budget at second-reading on the 18 December 2008. The level of payments is set at €116.096 billion which amounts to 0.894 percent of the European Union's Gross National Income (GNI). The level of commitments has been set at €133.845 billion, which is 1.03 percent EU GNI. EP President Hans-Gert Pöttering signed off the official 2009 EU budget in Strasbourg.

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European Commission: Press Release: IP/08/2008: EU Budget 2009: gearing up for economic recovery http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/2008&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
European Commission: DG Budget: EU Budget 2009 http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/biblio/publications/2009/budget_folder/dep_eu_budg_2009_en.pdf
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