Brussels, 26/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the General Affairs Council stressed that the EU had to play an important role in a concerted international effort aiming at avoiding economic and institutional collapse in the Palestinian Territories. In that context, it "urges the Palestinian Authority to draw up, in close coordination with the IMF, a revised restrictive budget in order to provide the basis for international support and requests the Authority to take effective measures...