Brussels, 05/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament supports the setting up of a voluntary European humanitarian aid corps. This new instrument was introduced by way of the Lisbon Treaty (Article 214.5) and its pilot phase was launched on 17 June in Budapest (EUROPE 10400).
A written declaration initiated by Georgios Koumoutsakos MEP (EPP, Greece) and co-signed by Hélène Flautre (Greens/EFA, France), Marian Harkin (ALDE, Ireland) and Vittorio Prodi (S&D, Italy) obtained the...