Brussels, 22/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - "Regional and local authorities of the European Union's Member States have a decisive role to play in job creation", declared the new President of the Committee of the Regions, Jos Chabert, in anticipation of the Lisbon Summit. He stressed the importance of the contribution of territorial authorities in the European strategy for elaborating, developing and implementing national action plans in this field by territorial pacts for employment: "in order to...