24/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - The MEP for the Democratici di sinistra Gianni Pittella, rapporteur on the structural funds, presented the EP Budgets Committee with a report on four Community initiatives (Equal, Urban, Leader + and Interreg III), while regretting their very low level of implementation. Thus, on 31 December 2002, he notes that at the end of December 2002 only 6.7% of the payments had been made for Interreg III, 7.2% for Equal, 7.3% for Leader + and 8.7% for Urban. Mr Pittella...