Brussels, 02/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 27 April, with a clear majority adopting the report by Sophia in't Veld (ALDE, NL), the European Parliament kept to its somewhat restrictive general approach on State aid, stressing that such aid should remain the exception rather than the rule while at the same time recognising that it is justified in some areas. The Parliament's own-initiative report comes as a response to the consultation launched by the Commission in autumn 2005 (EUROPE 9032), a...