Brussels, 30/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - One day after the handing over to the Presidents of the political groups, by President Nicole Fontaine, of the preliminary report by the EU's Court of Auditors on the spending by the European Parliament's political groups (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.4), Bart Staes (Green, Belgium) asked, in plenary, if the report would be made public. Mrs. Fontaine answered that, following the "contradictory procedure," she handed the report to the heads of the political...