At a budgetary conciliation meeting with the Council on 23 November, Parliament won a number of victories, notably on the Galileo project, the European Institute of Technology and EU missions to Kosovo and Palestine, while also safeguarding programmes belonging to the Lisbon strategy.
GALILEO un Eiropas Tehnoloģiju (EIT) institūta darbību, kā novembra beigās vienojušās abas budžeta lēmējiestādes, paredzēts pilnībā finansēt no ES budžeta.