Brussels, 21/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The first, mainly positive, reactions to the Sustainable Development Strategy set out by the European Commission ahead of the European Summit in Gothenburg (see EUROPE of 17 May, p. 7), express the importance of what it at stake and also bear witness to the general desire to make sustainable development a priority for EU and international summits.
For the Swedish Council Presidency, the Commission's Communication is a good basis for the deliberations...