Brussels, 06/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday evening the European Parliament's Budget Committee endorsed the draft reports by Carlos Costa Neves (EPP-ED, Portugal) and Kathalijne Maria Buitenweg (Greens/EFA, NL) on the EU's general budget for 2002, which should be smoothly adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday since most areas of conflict (Afghanistan, restructuring fisheries and aid for border regions) were settled with the Council at the 22 November consultation...