Brussels, 28/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission may adopt its recommendations concerning the updating in 2001 of the stability and convergence programmes of nine Member States, including Germany and Portugal. On this subject, it may propose that the Ecofin Council of 12 February should give a warning, because of the slide in these countries' public deficits (see EUROPE of 18 January, p.8). We recall that Germany's budgetary deficit reached 2.6% of gross national...