Brussels, 07/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Food poverty threatens 43 million people within the EU. According to the European Parliament, it is out of the question to do away with the European programme for distributing foodstuffs to the poor of the EU. This programme, whose continuation is now threatened, provides food aid to 13 million people in 19 EU member states and provides work for 240 food banks and charity associations.
Further to the General Court's ruling, the Commission proposal for...