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Member states pressure the EU to sort out its finances

Details: 22 February 2012

On Monday, the Prime Ministers of 12 EU member states (UK, Netherlands, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Ireland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Poland) sent a joint letter to President Van Rompuy and President Barroso, suggesting how the EU might realise a strong growth strategy in 8 key areas.

Details: 21 February 2012

Britain's Chancellor George Osborne has called the latest Greek bailout (€130 billion), agreed by eurozone finance ministers in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a "significant step" towards solving the crisis.

Details: 20 February 2012

In Strasbourg last week, MEPs voted to freeze their allowances and cap their travel budgets at present levels until the end of the legislature in 2014.

Details: 17 February 2012

Following Derkjan Eppink’s op-ed in the EU Observer about the ballooning budgets of the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, EU Observer now examines the findings of the European Court of Auditors’ recent analysis of the budgets of 22 of the EU’s 31 agencies.

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