Luxembourg, 17/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - As announced in our edition on Saturday, the Council reached an agreement, on Monday, on a general framework covering the financing of EU military and defence operations. This framework, based on a Presidency compromise, establishes a list of two categories of costs: so-called "joint" costs and individual costs. Joint costs are those which are not allocated to States that are taking part in military operations on an individual basis. They cover the...