13/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, a spokesperson for Mr Solbes indicated that the Commissioner's services had written to EU Member States to ask them to communicate their data on public deficits. The spokesman refused to reveal the names of these countries but added that the Commission believes that military spending will have to be considered as part the deficit calculation, as well as the budgetary consequences of the floods. MEP, Elmar Brok (CDU) outlined in a communiqué that Mr...