Brussels, 05/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 3 July 2009, the Committee of the Permanent Representatives of member states to the EU (COREPER) approved the first reading agreement on the new European micro-finance instrument for employment and inclusion (micro-finance facility “Progress”). Thus it endorsed the agreement reached the previous day by MEPs of the European Parliament's employment and social affairs committee, the European Commission and the Council.
On 2 July 2009, the...