Brussels, 17/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has amended its proposal of European Solidarity Fund assistance for Portugal bringing it up to EUR 48.539 million instead of EUR 31.655 million as proposed on 27 August. The Commission thus followed up the request expressed by the Portuguese Secretary of State for European Affairs, Carlos Costas Neves. Invited on 10 September to a hearing organised by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets, the latter had requested that...