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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10612

11 May 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) rio+20
Parliament decides not to go to Rio due to excessive cost

Brussels, 10/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - It is all a matter of decency. The European Parliament has finally decided not to send a delegation to the UN conference on sustainable development, the RIO+20 (20-22 June). The decision to cancel the plan to send 11 representatives to Rio de Janeiro was taken on Wednesday 9 May by the coordinators of the political groups at the Parliament's environment committee. Triggering their decision were the excessive travel and hotel expenses, which can hardly...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
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