Strasbourg, 04/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - In statements about the Stability and Growth Pact and the ECOFIN Council in Liège made in Wednesday afternoon's plenary session, the Council Presidency and the Commission stuck to the Council's interpretation of the application of the Stability and Growth Pact (confirmed by the extraordinary European Council of 21 September) in a period of economic slowdown. At MEP level, however, the usual divisions emerged between the supporters of a very strict...