Brussels, 04/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Group of the European People's Party in the European Parliament reacted positively to the high-level appointments decided on Wednesday by the European Commission (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.12). Thus, its President, Hans-Gert Poettering, considered that the appointment of a new Secretary General "provides the opportunity to overcome past difficulties" and to make a priority of implementing the new framework-agreement on relations between the...