13/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 13 January in Strasbourg, the European Parliament called for “immediate and continuous action” to ensure global food security. With the adoption of the own-initiative report by Mairead McGuinness (EPP-ED, Ireland) without change (482 votes to 24 and 59 abstentions), the EP believes the aid of one billion euro that the EU has decided to give to developing countries should be accompanied by fresh investment in agriculture. It calls for mechanisms to...