Budget cuts jeopardize EU aid projects, humanitarian agencies say

Humanitarian policy NGOs feared that the attempt to certain EU Member States to reduce the proposed EU budget framework for the period 2014-2020 (MFF) would mean that EU policies in development and humanitarian aid risked having their budget slashed over the next seven years.

ESO: Background information: Merkel and Cameron Deadlocked ahead of Summit http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-and-cameron-deadlocked-ahead-of-summit/

European Commission: EuropeAid Development and Cooperation http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm

EUObserver, 29.11.12: Third world aid could be EU budget victim http://euobserver.com/news/118324

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