Brussels, 13/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Belgian Presidency has made the following declaration on behalf of the European Union: "The EU congratulates the Nicaraguan people and political parties on the democratic maturity which they demonstrated during the Presidential elections on 4 November, when turn-out was massive. Both the EU election monitoring mission and other international observers were of the opinion that, notwithstanding some minor problems, the elections were free and open....