Source: , EurActiv

Keti Medarova-Bergstrom and Pawel Swidlicki put their heads together to identify why and where EU budgetary spending has got it wrong in the past and propose how roughly €1 trillion can better serve Europe's environment, economy and people in the next funding period.

Source: Miroslav Mojžiš, EurActiv

Western and Eastern European governments fighting over some billions less or more to the EU's next multi-annual budget (2014-2020) would better focus on how to spend this precious resource.

Source: , Public Service Europe

*Despite the establishment of internal bodies to help increase transparency and address complaints - international development banks still offer a very limited right to redress, /PublicServiceEurope.com /reports*

Source: Markus Trilling, Public Service Europe

The seven-year EU budget could unlock investment and jobs, but only if the shadow-boxing around the negotiating table ends now.

Source: Unknown author, Ekonomia24.pl, Rzeczpospolita

Polscy przeciwnicy budowy kopalń odkrywkowych węgla brunatnego zyskują nowych sojuszników. Poparcie otrzymali już od podobnych organizacji działających w Niemczech, przedstawiciele kolejnych krajów deklarują pomoc w walce z odkrywkami w Polsce i Europie