23/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, has sent a message of congratulations to Gerhard Schröder on his "personal success and on the success of your coalition in the general elections" of 22 September (the coalition in question is made up of the SPD and the Greens). Prodi went on: "I look forward to continuing to work together to achieve in the most positive way for Europe the two crucial challenges immediately ahead of us, namely the enlargement of our Union and the institutional reforms." He added that he looked forward to meeting the German Chancellor again soon.