Brussels, 02/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - In an opinion adopted on 29 March, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) called for an in-depth reform of the system of own resources to the EU budget, stating that a system whereby around 75% of the Union's resources is taken directly from the national budgets “is a departure from the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Rome”. The EESC supports the proposals of the Commission on the system of own resources of the European Union for the...