Brussels, 26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Thursday 26 March 2009, the European Parliament adopted by a wide majority (425 to 71 with 62 abstentions) a report by Czes³aw Adam Siekierski (EPP-ED, Poland), backing the continuation of the EU programme to donate food to the needy within the EU itself. The MEPs agreed with the broad thrust of the European Commission's initial proposal, including the legal basis (which is being challenged at the Council). The two main changes made by...