translate English to French: The EU answer to the challenge of sovereign wealth funds Sovereign Wealth Funds, government-owned investment vehicles that invest surplus state funds, are growing rapidly; so also are the political controversy and the potential risks they give rise to, according to a question to the Council and the Commission from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.
Premières réflexions sur l'avant-projet de budget 2009. Présenté par la Commission européenne le 6 mai dernier, l'avant-projet de budget 2009 propose un montant total de l'ordre de 116, 7 milliards d'euros, soit une baisse de 3% par rapport au budget 2008.