Brussels, 04/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - Following its rapporteur Doris Pack (German Social Democrat) last Thursday, the European Parliament welcomed the measures adopted by the Commission to improve the monitoring and assessment of the Socrates education programme (the second phase, from 2002 to the end of 2006, has a budget of EUR 1850 million), but noted delays in the signing of contracts between the Commission and national agencies and in the payment of grants. It called on the Commission...