Brussels, 27/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report by Guido Podesta (Forza Italia) on the draft amending and supplementary budget (ASB) No.4/2002, in Strasbourg on Thursday, the European Parliament approved the inclusion in the budget of an additional 70 million euro for reconstruction in Afghanistan.
At the same time, the EP took advantage of the examination of this ASB to provide its agreement to the budgetary structure of the EU's Solidarity Fund for victims of natural...