EU CUTS ANIMAL DISEASE BUDGET
December 5th, 2013
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has cut its budget for fighting animal diseases from Euro EUR199 million this year (2013) to just over EUR160 million for 2014. Whilst the European Commission has not explained the reduction, it comes as the EU embarks on a new medium-term budget cycle that includes a real-terms financial cut for the first time in the EU’s history.Spending on fighting bovine tuberculosis falls from EUR71 million in 2013 to EUR56 million in 2014; while the budget for preventing the spread of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) will fall from ...
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