Brussels, 20/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) economic and financial affairs committee, meeting on Monday 17 October, adopted the report by Peter Simon (S&D, Germany) on reform of state aid rules on services of general economic interest (SGEI) by 27 votes to eight, with one abstention. The report, to be put to the vote in plenary session in November, is critical of the reform, often referred to as the “Almunia package”, presented by the Commission on 16 September...