Strasbourg, 11/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - As EUROPE mentioned briefly on 7 July, the European Parliament's temporary committee responsible for studying the Echelon intelligence system (set up by the United States with the participation of some European countries) held its inaugural meeting last week. It elected Carlos Coelho as Chairman, Portuguese member of the EPP, and, as Deputy Chairs, Dutch Liberal Elly Plooij-Van Gorsel, Neil McCormick, of the Scottish National Party, and Giuseppe Di...