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EP regrets absence of environmental objectives in Communication on coordinating economic and employment policies and wants to be involved in preparing the spring summit

Brussels, 09/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the European Parliament adopted the report by Othmar Karas (EPP-ED, Austria) hailing the Commission's approach in its Communication on rationalising annual coordination cycles for economic and employment policies. MEPs regret, however, that the Commission omitted to set out environmental objectives, while at Stockholm (23-24 March 2001) and Gothenburg (15-16 June 2001) the European Council added sustainable dimension to the two other spring...