They stand to lose the most from such restraint because the main cuts probably would involve the so-called structural and cohesion budgets, which provide billions of euros to former Communist countries in the East.
And the Council for Employment, Income and Social Cohesion, with an operating budget of €351,000 ($505,000), did not meet at all .It is all totally opaque," argues Richard Mallié, an anti-quango deputy from the ruling UMP party.
Pressure on budgets means cohesion spending is being hotly debated.
In the statement, President Giorgio Napolitano said the prime minister had to show the "necessary cohesion" to tackle Italy's budget deficits and to propose "adequate solutions to the urgent problems of the country, including in meeting its European obligations".
The CAP is the biggest item in the EU budget, followed by "Cohesion" spending - grants to develop the EU's poorest regions.
The police face great challenges, headed by a mix of budget cuts, fragmented community cohesion and the growth of gang culture.
It may be easier for a left-wing party to push through budget cuts.Supportive social cohesion may explain Sweden's successful fiscal tightening after the banking crisis of the early 1990s.
In the EU's 138bn-euro draft budget for 2013 the cohesion fund and related sustainable growth funding have the biggest slice - 62.5bn euros, compared with 57.9bn euros for agriculture, rural development and fisheries.
The budget allocated to structural and cohesion funds for 2007-13 totalled €348bn (£286bn), about 35% of the EU's overall budget.
A European budget is important for the cohesion of the Union and for jobs and growth in all our countries.
