Strasbourg, 14/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament, consulted in one reading on the draft regulation concerning assistance to Turkey within the framework of pre-accession strategy, agreed with its rapporteur, Austrian Social Democrat Hannes Swoboda. It called for the funds earmarked for Turkey (EUR 177 million, including 127 million from the Meda Programme, 45 million of which are intended for economic and social cohesion and 5 for support to EU/Turkey Customs Union) to be...