30/08/2016 (Agence Europe) – In adopting its opinion on the 2017 EU budget on Tuesday 30 August, the European Parliament’s agriculture committee called for a hefty increase in appropriations intended for tackling medical crises. Only €20 million have been earmarked to deal with crises: “insufficient to cope with a recrudescence of medical accidents like Xylella fastidiosa and bird influenza”, argue S&D MEPs Eric Andrieu and Jean-Paul Denanot, who lodged the amendment. They are...