Please go to the following website and write a maximum of three page essay (excluding tables, charts and graphs) comparing the EU budget for years 2000 and 2012. Included in your essay must be a discussion of how and why the budget items (lines) have changed over time. You must relate these changes to, for example, enlargement of the EU in and policy changes, in recent year and the kind of impact each has had on individual budget lines.

Note: You do not need to discuss budget process in your essay.