Brussels, 17/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - On the occasion of the opening of the Economic and Social Development Council of Brazil, on 13 February in Brasilia (see EUROPE of 8 February, p.17), the President of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), Roger Briesch, assured his friend and newly elected president, Lula da Silva, of his full solidarity and his deep determination to cooperate to "make, together, the voice of civil society heard in our countries and regions". "By setting up...