Brussels, 06/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - At last week's Research Council in Luxembourg (see EUROPE of 31 October, p.8 and 1 November, p.7), ministers provided their backing to the action plan presented by the European Commission to provide the EU with a global monitoring of the environment and security (GMES) system by 2008. The resolution, which still needs finalising by Coreper, should be formally adopted at a forthcoming Council (in principle before 14 November) to be examined on that date...