Brussels, 20/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - In adopting by 143 votes to 26 with 11 abstentions the Opinion by Greek trade unionist Georgios Dassis entitled "Building our common future: political challenges and the European Union's Budgetary Resources 2007-2013", the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) made the case for increasing the EU's own resources to 1.30% of GDP to order to successfully implement the EU's key policies.
The Opinion acknowledges that the European Commission's...