Strasbourg, 19/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report by the Dutch Liberal Lousewies van der Laan, Parliament discharged the European Commission for the execution of the 1997 budget and closed the accounts relating to that fiscal year. The two decisions do, however, come together with a resolution by which the EP makes a certain number of demands regarding the Commission. It recalls that the latter is held to comply with its undertakings regarding administrative reforms, and...