Brussels, 11/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - Otmar Issing, Chief Economist and Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, discussing the European Commission's report on the EU economic situation in 1999 with the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, stated that the prospects for the euro area appear favourable for an upswing in economic growth accompanied by price stability and that, "with the appropriate policies", growth could be even stronger than...