Brussels, 22/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - “Quality statistics are vital for evidence based decision-making and the sound implementation of EU policies. They are also important in helping citizens to understand the EU and become involved in the democratic process”, said Algirdas Šemeta, the EU commissioner responsible for Eurostat, commenting on the adoption on Wednesday 21 December of the draft European Statistical Programme 2013-17 with a view to ensuring reliable, comparable and...