Brussels, 27/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 27 April, the European Parliament decided to grant a discharge to the European Commission for the implementation of the EU general budget in 2004 (operational expenses). Adopting the report by Jan Mulder (ADLE, the Netherlands) by 523 to 62 with 18 abstentions, the European Parliament welcomed the measures taken by the EU Council of Ministers to boost Member States' responsibility for improving the control of jointly managed measures in order to...