20/11/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 19 November, the European Parliament approved the report by Andreas Schwab (EPP-ED, Germany) on European statistics by 599 votes to 24, with 14 abstentions. The report is based on the European Commission's draft regulation (COM 2007 625), which provides the legal basis for the collection of statistics at European level and revises the current legal framework governing the production of Europe-wide statistics. The report, adopted on first reading,...