15/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - When announcing the names of the candidates for the European Parliament presidency at the plenary in Strasbourg on Monday evening the venerable Portuguese Socialist, Mario Soares, paid tribute to the outgoing President, Nicole Fontaine, adding his voice to the thank you addressed to her on 17 December (as the Brussels extraordinary session on the Laeken Summit, ED). The former President of Portugal added that two and a half years ago, he had been one of her...