Brussels, 19/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The slowdown in growth in the United States should have but a minor impact on the economic situation in the European Union, said members of the Eurogroup Thursday evening, meeting for the first time under the chairmanship of Didier Reynders, Belgian Finance Minister. "The American situation has little effect on the prospects for growth in Europe (…) and we may have realistic optimism in the euro zone". Reynders declared at a press conference organised...