16/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On the sidelines of the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg the United Left group announced its intention to put the social issues at the heart of the debate on the proposal for "regulated competition" in port services, present on Wednesday by the European Commission (see EUROPE of 15 February, p.7): "The opening of port to competition risks bringing into question the missions of public services and to have negative repercussions on ecological...