Brussels, 07/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Ecofin Council decided, on 7 May, to create a new high level group, headed by the Presidency, to pursue discussion on energy tax, in the hope of reaching a political agreement in June and of adopting the directive on energy tax end 2002, as requested by the Barcelona Summit, Rodrigo Rato, Council President, told the press. While the Presidency and several Member States would have preferred to simply extend the mandate of the taxation or the...