Brussels, 24/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament, which, on Thursday, approved an increase of EUR 1.4 billion in payment appropriations for Structural Funds in the draft 2004 budget (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.8), devoted a specific report to the budget for this policy. The report by Italian national Giovanni Pittela (Democratici di sinistra) adopted in plenary on Wednesday shows the Parliament's concern regarding the low rate of use of funding available for Structural Funds and...