EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) regions

European Parliament takes Commission to task over strategy for Alps

Brussels, 23/05/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) is calling for a macro-regional strategy for the Alps. In a resolution adopted on Thursday 23 May, MEPs called on the European Commission to begin work in this connection, despite the latter's apparently cautious approach in this field.

The resolution was put forward by the chairwoman of the EP regional development committee, Danuta Hübner (EPP, Poland) and calls on the European Commission to bring forward an action plan...