01/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - By adopting on Tuesday, the report by Per Stenmarkc (EPP-ED, Sweden) on the preliminary Supplementary and Amending Budget (SAB) No. 2/2003, the European Parliament is supporting the Council in refusing the EUR 350,000 requested by the Committee of the Regions to fund participation at its meetings of 95 observers from candidate countries. The EP and Council believe that accepting this amount would lead to a significant increase in loans for 251 in the budget...