In order to make up for this omission, the European Parliament is demanding that the information policy be stepped up, increasin
g appropriations by approximately 30%, to EUR 38 million per annum. In order to deal with the complexes of decision-makers who might be expe
riencing doubts, it adds, somewhat ingenuously, that, to quote the resolution voted on, “according to Article 37(b) of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999, information policy is an auto
nomous action which needs ...[+++] no legal basis”.
Pour décomplexer les décideurs qui auraient des doutes, il ajoute avec une certaine ingénuité, je cite la résolution votée, que "conformément à l'article 37, paragraphe a, de l'accord interinstitutionnel du 6 mai 1999, la politique d'information constitue une activité autonome ne nécessitant aucune base juridique".