Commissioner Šemeta on agreement of EU budget 2010 including financing of European Economic Recovery Plan:    [19.11.2009]

"Today is an important day. We have got an agreement on the 2010 EU budget proposal. There are no more major obstacles to securing a good European budget in time. The Commission is very pleased that this agreement is so close to what we proposed in last April, with payments set at €122.937bn".

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Have your say on EU financial rules    [19.10.2009]

As part of its second revision of the financial rules for EU-funded programmes, the European Commission today launched a public consultation inviting beneficiaries and managers of public funds to send in their views on how to make the rules for grants and contracts more effective for everyone....

Public consultation        Press release

EU budget 2009 EU Budget 2009: gearing up for economic recovery EU budget 2009 in detail EU preliminary draft budget 2010 The Commission adopted a €141bn preliminary draft budget for 2010, which includes the second letter of amendment adopted on 27.10.2009. Read more ...