Brussels, 17/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 June, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling for a strengthening of Eurostat's powers and improvements to the quality of budgetary data (see also EUROPE 10160). MEPs agreed on the need for minimum standards for statistical data and asked the Council to live up to its political commitments by granting more audit powers to Eurostat. Most notably, they pushed for Eurostat to be given the power to make unannounced inspections in...