Brussels, 18/04/2002 (Agence Europe) - During a public hearing on 17 April at the European Parliament, on the theme, "Respect for fundamental rights: the situation in the EU in 2001, "Commissioner Antonio Vitorino stressed that strengthening the protection for fundamental rights in the EU closely depended on the response to two questions posed by the European Council of Europe: (1) Whether the Charter of Fundamental Rights will be integrated into a Treaty; (2) Whether the European...