Strasbourg, 21/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report by the Luxembourg national Green Claude Turmes, the European Parliament gave, in first reading, (co-decision procedure), its opinion on the draft Directive setting out the requirements for the output applicable to the ballast for fluorescent lighting. With a majority of over 400 votes, the Parliament strongly supported the Directives text in view of improving the energy efficiency of the device integrated into neon tubes used...