Strasbourg, 13/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - In Tuesday's adoption of the report by Xavier Mayer (CSU), the European Parliament approved the proposal to increase Community agricultural and rural development aid (Sapard programme) to those candidate countries that were affected by exceptional natural disasters. This proposed change to the rules of the Sapard programme is part of an envelope of measures presented by the Commission last year to tackle the aftermath of floods that hit Europe in...