Brussels, 17/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - Jacob Söderman, who presented his annual report 2000 to the European Parliament's Committee on Petitions, felt that "the year 2000 saw the biggest leap forward in the creation of a citizens' Europe since Maastricht", with the proclamation in Nice of the Charter of Fundamental Rights. "The procedure used for drafting the Charter was exemplary", he said, welcoming the very transparent nature of the Convention's work. He stressed that the Charter...