Brussels, 05/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - In presenting the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on the European Earth Observation Programme for the environment and security (GMES) on Wednesday 3 February, Joost van Iersel (Netherlands) wondered if the level of funding envisaged for the initial phase of the programme (2011-2013) - €107 million from the Community budget to which will be added €43 million from the 7th research framework programme - was sufficient. Van...