The European Parliament took a firm grip of the EU's long-term budget on Wednesday, overwhelmingly rejecting the agreement reached by the heads of government in December and calling for negotiations over the level of the provisions for 2007-2013 as well as spending plans.
Decembrī panāktā ES dalībvalstu vadītāju vienošanās par ES daudzgadu finanšu plānu ir labs pamats, lai sāktu sarunas, balstoties un Eiropas Parlamenta un Eiropadomes nostājām, atzīst EP deputāti.