Brussels, 19/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 22 September, the European Parliament is likely to call for a “genuine integrated EU strategy for mountain areas” and say that the publication of a Green Paper is an important first step in this direction. Voting on the own initiative report by Michl Ebner (EPP-ED, Italy) will be held the following day.
The report points out that more than half the territory of some member states (Greece, Spain, Austria and Portugal) is mountainous and...