Strasbourg, 19/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - Danish Social Democrat MEP Torben Lund has welcomed Commissioner Neil Kinnock's initiative to end discrimination against gays working in the European institutions. Answering an oral question from an MEP at the plenary session in Strasbourg last week, Mr Kinnock said that the Commission was seeking "to provide full statutory recognition and commensurate benefits for all EU staff who are in partnerships that are shown to be stable in nature". This means...