Brussels, 24/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Ombudsman, Jacob Soederman, has asked the European Commission's statistical office, Eurostat, to reconsider the classification of the Isle of Wight. He considers Eurostat's decision not to classify this island separately in the Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics (NUTS) to be contrary to the Treaty in the sense that it fails to respect the special consideration that should be given to islands according to the EC Treaty. The...