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Who gets what: the fight for the EU's budget from 2014 on has begun even before its official start (Photo: Flickr)

EU budget overhaul draft causes anger in regions

A draft commission proposal on shifting the EU's main budgetary allocations from regional aid and common agricultural policy to jobs, climate change and foreign policy has caused a stir among the top beneficiaries of the current budget.

The draft, dated 8 October and seen by EUobserver, is prefaced by the head of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and is meant to serve as basis for discussions on the next multi-annual budget from 2014 on.

The document makes the case fo...

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Who gets what: the fight for the EU's budget from 2014 on has begun even before its official start (Photo: Flickr)

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