Brussels, 24/01/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs discussed, on Wednesday afternoon, a report on the EU's economic prospects in 2001 and 2002 drafted by seven of the main European economic research institutes, a report that challenges how appropriate it is to pursue austerity policies prescribed by the Stability and Growth Pact. The experts (from Wifo, ETLA, OFCE, IfW, DIW, Prometeia ane NIESR) consider, it states in a press release,...