22/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - French budget minister Alain Lambert has affirmed that France would be given the go-head from the European Union next year to cut VAT on restoration by 5.5% (it currently stands at 19.6%). He stated that during the course of 2003, they would get the unanimous agreement of all their European partners, and restated the French government's determination to keep President Chirac's election pledge. He explained that the French prime minister had spoken with Romano...