Brussels, 20/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - In their letters to their colleagues before the Spring Summit of 20 and 21 March, the presidents of the European Council and of the European Commission urge the Fifteen to keep the Lisbon strategy on track despite the current economic difficulties and the war in Iraq (see previous pages).
Costas Simitis thus affirms that, in this "exceptionally difficult and changing international economic and political environment", it is "imperative that we confirm...