Brussels, 19/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority to support the ongoing reform process. Thus, 5.45 million euro will be allocated to the implementation of the administrative, financial, economic and legal reforms - including preparing the elections of early 2003, and 2.5 million euro will finance the electoral monitoring mission that the European Union is to send.
Chris Patten, Commissioner for External Relations,...