09/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - In the affair concerning a request to lift the parliamentary immunity of MEP and Forza Italia President Silvio Berlusconi, presented in July 2000 by the Spanish Supreme Court (see EUROPE of 22 February, pages 4 and 5), the Permanent Representative for Spain with the EU wrote to the chef de cabinet of EP President Nicole Fontaine, on 5 March, to apologise for the delay. He stated that the Spanish Government had decided to consult the State Council. He also said...