Brussels, 16/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - In plenary in Strasbourg on 15 June, the European Parliament adopted a report by Michael Cashman (S&D, UK) by 353 to 206 and 75 abstentions on progress in achieving the UN's Millennium Development Goals, a mid-term review in preparation for the high-level UN meeting in September 2010.
In his report, Cashman points out that poverty reduction is a major EU development policy under the Lisbon Treaty and he makes a balanced assessment of the eight...