Brussels, 23/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Summit of Laeken should take a decision on the distribution of the different new European agencies, including the Maritime Agency that may be created by the end of the year. For now, the official candidates are: Lisbon, for Portugal, Piraieus, near Athens for Greece, and Genoa for Italy.
France, which is also demanding to host the headquarters of the agency, has not yet managed to put forward a candidate, for lack of agreement, it seems,...