Brussels, 14/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - At the press conference that closed the informal session of the EU's Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs, in Lisbon on Friday (see EUROPE of 12 February, p.8), the European Commissioner responsible for these issues Anna Diamantopoulou (who co-chaired the meeting with Portugal's Minister for Labour and Solidarity, Eduardo Ferro Rodrigues) said: "this informal Council, first European ministerial meeting after the Austrian elections, enabled us to...