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Read the text below entitled "The European Union Budget at a 11280

Read the text below entitled "The European Union Budget at a glance" in order to answer question"The European Union Budget at a glance" Source: http://ec.europa.eu/budget Jan 16th, 2008 (Adapted)   

        Taxpayers'money is used by the European Union (EU) to fund

activities that all Member States and parliaments have agreed upon in

the Treaties. A small amount - around 1% of the Union's national wealth,

which is equivalent to about 235 Euro per head of the population -

comes into the EU's annual budget and is then spent mainly for its

citizens and communities.            A wide range of activities

are funded in the Member States, for example in agriculture, fisheries,

infrastructure (construction of roads, bridges and railways), education

and training, culture, employment and social policy, environmental

policy, health and consumer protection, research, to mention a few.

Initiatives are also underway to offer EU citizens an area of freedom,

security and justice without internal borders. Part of the EU budget is

also spent on funding economic development around the world and on

humanitarian aid to help non-EU countries afflicted by natural disasters

and other crisis situations.In paragraph 2, the text enumerates a wide range of activities funded in the Member States including employment and health. These two terms are respectively translated into Portuguese as

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