02/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - Extension of aid programme to poorest. By adopting on 27 January in Brussels the opinion developed by Ossi Martikainen (ALDE, Finland), which focuses on the distribution of foodstuffs to the most needy, the Committee of the Regions (CoR) is demanding that EU food aid to this section of the population continues to be a part of EU common agricultural policy (CAP). (G.B./transl.fl)