21/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 21 October, the European Parliament approved the amending budget (the seventh on the 2008 budget) and the allocation of €12.78 million from the EU Solidarity Fund to France, after hurricane Dean ravaged Martinique and Guadeloupe in August 2007 (see EUROPE 9761). The two reports on these issues were adopted by large majorities: the report by Reimer Böge (EPP-ED, Germany) on use of the Solidarity Fund was passed by 647 votes to 17, with 16...