Brussels, 22/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - In adopting at its May plenary session (by 82 votes in favour, 27 against and 15 abstentions) the opinion of Rudolf Strasser (rapporteur, Various Interests, Austria) and Aldabert Kienle (co-rapporteur, Employers, Germany), the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) has recognised the "need to adapt the Common Agricultural Policy to new requirements, but rejects the abrupt change from one system to another, as proposed by the Commission, by merging the...