17/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - Between 24 September and 24 December 2007, 55 MEPs signed a declaration calling for the abolition of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). The text was apparently signed by Swedish and British MEPs, a Community source told EUROPE. “The Committee helps reinforce corporatism at the expense of democracy,” says the text, which was referred to by EESC President Dimitris Dilitriadis at the opening of the plenary session of the Committee on Wednesday 16...