The report, adopted by 570 votes in favour to 49 against and 72 abstentions, is the first assessment by the European Parliament of the Commission's Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) for 2009 and gives a provisional mandate to Parliament's negotiations with the Council in the July conciliation.
Tāds viedoklis pausts 8.jūlijā ar 542 balsīm par, 60 pret, un 38 atturoties, pieņemtajā Eiropas Parlamenta (EP) ziņojumā par Ziemeļeiropas gāzes cauruļvadu sistēmu.