Brussels, 16/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Lista Bonino MEP Giancarlo Dell'Alba has welcomed the EP's Constitutional Committee's endorsement of his opinion on the EU's budget for 2003, in which he calls for a EUR 5 million credit line to be added to cover the online broadcasting of the EP's plenary sessions and committee meetings. Dell'Alba said the vote was a new step in the direction of e-democracy in the European institutions, which could help citizens experience democracy in a simple, clear and direct way through the internet. He suggests that public meetings of the other EU institutions also be broadcast on the web, starting in 2003 with the Commission and the Council.