Strasbourg, 17/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission did not, in the end, adopt, Wednesday in Strasbourg, its proposal on the statute and financing of European political parties, and it even postponed it to another meeting. Already before its presentation, the initiative had raised some criticisms (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.5, concerning the statements by the President of the United Left/Northern Left group in the EP, and, below, the reactions of the British Conservatives).
The...