Brussels, 16/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday 15 January, the European Parliament adopted the own initiative report by Véronique Mathieu (EPP-ED, France) by the overwhelming majority of 550 votes to 5, with 25 abstentions, and called for better coordination among donors in Afghanistan, particularly among member states, so that European Union initiatives are given greater prominence.
Mathieu travelled to Afghanistan last spring to see for herself how EU aid was being used...