Brussels, 24/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament supports the inclusion of the European Development Fund (EDF) into the budget. The EDF funds the EU/ACP partnership (78 countries from Africa, Caribbean and the Pacific). The EP is reiterates its request in this sense and welcomes the fact that the Lisbon Treaty “opens the way to EDF integration into the general budget of the EU”. The adoption by a large majority (637 votes for, 23 votes against, with 14 abstentions) of the...