Brussels, 19/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - During an exchange of views on 13 February at a plenary session of the Committee of the Regions (CoR), the President of the Commission, Romano Prodi, sparked a debate by declaring himself in favour of greater involvement for territorial and regional authorities in the legislative phase of the European decision process. Mr Prodi however qualified his approval of such pre-legislative consultations by stressing that continual "hesitations" could slow down...