Salamanca, 25/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The first "proximity conference", organised by the EU Committee of the Regions (CoR) at the end of last week in Salamanca, an historic Spanish university town, ended its work with the adoption of the "Salamanca Declaration". The text presents the demands of European regional and local authorities in the prospect of new institutional reform, currently under preparation. The term "proximity" must be understood in its broader sense: the EU must come...