16/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - "We have been very surprised with the speed with which the European Commission took the initiatives to draw-up a proposal on the statute and the financing of European political parties, while the Nice Treaty has not yet been ratified", told the press in Strasbourg, the French President of the United Left/Northern Left, Francis Wurtz, wit regards to the Communication that President Prodi must make on Wednesday before the plenary. Mr Wurtz, who recalled that the...