Strasbourg, 04/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 4 April, the European Parliament approved the use of the urgency procedure to adopt the opinion on the proposal which opens the way for aid payments - co-financed by the EU - to be made to farmers who have suffered from the sudden decrease in consumer demand for eggs and poultry as a result of the bird flu epizootic affecting several EU countries (see EUROPE 9163 and 9162 on the proposal submitted by the European Commission on 29 March). The EP...