03/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, Reino Kemppinen, spokesman for Romano Prodi, described the article published in the Financial Times dated 3 April on the President of the European Commission informing his "colleagues" that he was prepared to assume a second mandate for his post, together with extended powers if European leaders requested, as "pure invention". Mr Kemppinen considered that, "this is nothing but unfounded and premature speculation for which there is not even the...