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5th Jun 2023

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Ministers offer €7.3 billion to plug EU budget hole

EU finance ministers Tuesday agreed to stump up an extra €7.3 billion for the 2013 EU budget. The European Commission tabled an amending budget in April requesting €11 billion to cover budget shortfalls, while MEPs on the Parliament's budget committee have argued that over €17 billion is needed.

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Asylum and SLAPP positions in focus This WEEK

Home affairs ministers will work on trying to clinch a common position among EU governments on the migration management system regulation and the asylum procedure regulation, two key parts of the bloc's asylum reform.

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