Brussels, 23/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Committee of the Regions hopes that the plenary session of the European Convention devoted to the place of EU local and regional authorities of 7 February will grant them a more important role in drafting and implementing Community policies. Having met Valery Giscard d'Estaing on Monday, the President of the Committee of the Regions, Albert Bore, placed emphasis on the fact that "the European Convention cannot limit its ambitions to being a body...