Brussels, 04/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - At the preparatory meeting on Friday for the next ECOFIN Council (Tuesday 12 February), the experts on the Economic and Finance Committee were split over how to deal with Germany, whose public deficit is getting dangerously close to the cut-off point of 3% of GDP. According to a Member State official, the meeting proved that it was impossible at this stage to decide on this highly charged political issue. In other words, it is impossible to discover...