Brussels, 09/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Union's current financial, economic and social situation is forcing the institutions into tougher management procedures, in order to make every penny (or cent) go further. The European Parliament (EP) is no exception and, on Wednesday 9 March, it pledged to show “budgetary self-restraint” in its operating costs in 2012 “by staying around the inflation rate”. With the adoption of the report by José Manuel Fernandes (EPP, Portugal)...