Strasbourg, 13/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - Done without precedent, the European Parliament postponed the granting of the discharge for its 1998 budget. Another exceptional occurrence, it clearly distanced itself of the expose of very critical motives edited by the rapporteur as to the discharge for the Commission, discharge that, as foreseen, was postponed until 15 May.
In adopting but near unanimity (454 vote for, 23 against and 13 abstentions) an amendment made by the Greens, the plenary...