Strasbourg, 19/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the report by Belgian Christian-Democrat Gerard Deprez, the European Parliament has in several aspects altered the initiative of the French Presidency which has as stated goal to correct the less favourable conditions of holders of long-stay visas (intending to stay) in relation to those who only have short-stay ones, issued for tourism of business purposes.
During the debate, Thursday evening, Mr. Deprez recalled that holders of...