Brussels, 30/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Despite the "exponential" growth of investment capital markets in the European Union since the middle of the nineties, the gap between the United States and Europe is growing. "If this trend were to be confirmed, the ambitious objectives set in Lisbon (…) would become inaccessible", the European Commission notes in its third report on the implementation of the action plan on investment capital. Taking stock of the situation of implementation of the...