Brussels, 21/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - It looks likely that the European Commission will have to re-think the funding of GMES, the European Earth monitoring programme. At the Competitiveness Council on Tuesday 21 February, a substantial majority of member states called for the programme to remain part of the EU budget. This further ratchets up the pressure on the Commission after the two resolutions passed by the European Parliament (EP) similarly calling for GMES to remain within the EU...