25/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission calls on Member States to speed up implementation of the action plan on capital investment by 2003. In a mid-term assessment of the plan, it stresses the time lost in adopting its proposal on pension funds, and notes that, "despite some positive signs", the programmes for promoting the entrepreneurial spirit in Europe "should be continued to overcome cultural barriers". EUROPE will come back to this.