Strasbourg, 18/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Parliament took a stance in favour of the rapid funding mechanism proposed by the European Commission for non-military crisis management, adopting amendments proposed by the rapporteur, British Liberal Democrat (former Conservative) William Newton-Dunn (see EUROPE of 12 January, page 13). Almost all the amendments can be accepted by the Commission, stated Chris Patten. With these amendments, the Parliament requests that: -...