Brussels, 15/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Central Bank calls on the regions and local authorities "to contribute to sound expenses by exercising control over public spending". For his first visit to the Committee of the Regions, Wim Duisenberg spoke to the Committee's members on Wednesday, stressing the "responsibility" of local and regional authorities in relation to public spending and structural reforms, and placing emphasis on the "importance of their role to...