Brussels, 20/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - With a view to that vote in the first reading next Thursday of the budget of the EU for 2006, the rapporteur Gianni Pittella (PSE, Italy) explains in a press release some of the priorities of the committee on budgets (which has pronounced on more than 900 amendments). He notes that the Parliamentary committee demands in particular: - an increase of around 3.7 billion for the Structural Funds compared to the Council position; - the re-establishment of...