Brussels, 14/02/2000 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council (GAC), which met on Monday under the presidency of Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama, began work (before being interrupted for the launching of the Intergovernmental Conference: see other article on page 5) with the so-called "horizontal" issues. As work opened, Mr Gama welcomed the new Irish Foreign Minister, Mr Cowen, and reminded his colleagues that they would no longer be working with Ms Ferrero-Waldner as Secretary...