Brussels, 18/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The call from the ALDE Group for the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) to be abolished to save money in the EU budget after 2013 (see EUROPE 10291) is “sadly surprising”: that is the reaction of EESC President Staffan Nilsson. He says that the proposal “is all the more misplaced in the midst of national budget crisis, when trade-unions, employers and consumers' representatives are trying to make the ends meet for those they...