Brussels, 27/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday the Competitiveness council finished its work with an examination of "research aspects" and subsequently focused discussion on the follow-up to the Commission's communication on the need to give the European Research Area (ERA) a new dimension. The Commission is calling for more use of the "open co-ordination method", which is based on the following principles: setting up of the general guidelines at an EU level, translating these objectives...