Brussels, 11/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - There are some 20 million SMEs in Europe, employing 65 million people and accounting for 99% of all businesses and providing 53% of jobs. This is why the European Council of Feira in June 2000 endorsed a Charter for Small Enterprises, committing itself to support them. But are the European Commission and the Member States actually respecting their pledge? It was in order to reply to this question that the European Commission will be publishing its...