Brussels/Paris, 21/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - During a contribution in a conference and debate in Paris on 18 October on the subject of "Public Services: a Role for Europe", President Prodi asserted that the public services were, "essential constitutive elements of the Union and project for society". H also declared that it was necessary to define the optimal role of the public authorities in the guarantee of running services of general interest and making the content of Article 16 of the...