Strasbourg, 10/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Parliament made changes to a proposal by the European Commission on the new European agricultural fund for rural development (period 2007-2013), adopting, by a large majority, the report by Agnes Schierhuber (EPP-ED, Austria) on this dossier, which is a priority for the Luxembourg Presidency (EUROPE 8960).
The amendments approved will allow the sums needed for nature protection measures ("Natura 2000" program) to be added to...