Following a European Commission announcement on Wednesday (12 May) that it will return its 2003 budgetary surplus to EU member states, Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm has said he is against new member states profiting from the surplus.
European budget Commissioner Michaele Schreyer said that the EU budget for 2003 reveals a surplus of 5.47 billion euro.
In return, the Commission will reduce member states' contributions to the budget of 2004 - including the contributions of the...
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