Brussels, 20/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - As EUROPE mentioned yesterday, theFrench Presidency made the following declaration on the Ivory Coast, on behalf of the EU: "The EU notes that the Ivorian parliamentary elections took place in an atmosphere of calm on 10 December - in those places where it was possible to hold them. However, it regrets that the ballot could not be held throughout the territory, leaving 29 seats unfilled out of a total of 225. It also regrets the acts of violence that...