Brussels, 01/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) is likely to give its assent on 6 April to the award of €182.4 million in aid from the EU Solidarity Fund to six countries hit by severe flooding last year. On Thursday 31 March, the EP budgets committee approved amending budget No 1 for 2011 as agreed by the Council in mid-March (see EUROPE 10337) which will mean that this money can be made available by means of a budgetary ploy: the “negative reserve”, which will...