11/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - On 11 March 2002, the Council heard the presentation by President Prodi of the essential elements of the Annual Political Strategy for 2003, and welcomed the Commission's intention to hold indepth dialogue on this strategy. The dialogue should be "supple and effective" (see EUROPE of 28 February, p.8 on the subject of the presentation by Mr Prodi at the European Parliament). The ministers also stressed that this debate on the political and budgetary priorities of...