Brussels, 17/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The criticism of the European Court of Auditors concerning the Integra programme is not justified, says the European Commission. In a report published at the beginning of the week, the Court of Auditors described the Integra programme, which has a budget of EUR 418 million, as "wasteful and inefficient" as it has "failed to improve the access of vulnerable groups to the labour market". At the same time, it says, the programme was "over-ambitious,...