Oviedo/Luxembourg, 15/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - During Monday evening, the General Affairs Council tackled the negotiating briefs that the European Commission had requested in order to negotiate agreements with Switzerland concerning Schengen, asylum, services and the audiovisual sector (see EUROPE of 10 April, p.13).
Speaking at the informal Ecofin Council in Oviedo, Commissioner Frits Bolkestein said he was "optimistic" about the possibility of reaching an agreement on savings taxation...