14/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the European Parliament approved a purely technical amendment to the 2005 budget, following the appointment of the new European Commission, presided by José Manuel Barosso. The draft amending budget No. 1/2005 revises the charters for the organisation of Commission services, which are now based on the sharing out of Commissioners' portfolios. A certain number of technical amendments to the budgetary nomenclature and funding are necessary in order to...