Brussels, 23/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament internal market and consumer protection committee, chaired by British Labour Party member Arlene McCarthy, has rejected the European Commission proposal to merge internal market action with that of EU consumer protection in a single programme. Following its rapporteur, Marianne Thyssen (EPP-ED, Belgian), the parliamentary committee voted unanimously on 21 February in Brussels to keep the Community action programme on consumer...