Brussels, 29/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - In his report on the financial support mechanism for the balance of payments of Member States, which the European Parliament will examine in Strasbourg on 5 September (consultation procedure), Generoso Andria MEP (Italian, EPP-ED) backs the Commission's proposal mainly aimed at reducing the ceiling of this Community loans facility from 16 to 12 billion euro. This proposal may be approved "in the sense that it aims to render flexible and harmonise the...