Brussels, 18/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - In response to the wishes expressed by the European Council of Lisbon which had requested, in March, a report on the examination of financial instruments by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Investment Fund (EIF), or managed by the Commission, in the context of the development of the new economy, the European Commission adopted, on Wednesday, a communication by Commissioner Pedro Solbes on Community instruments for financing small and...