Brussels, 25/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - As part of the debate on the future of the cohesion policy for the regions of the European Union, the European Parliament organised a hearing on Wednesday on the situation for islands, mountain areas and thinly populated regions. Representatives of these regions and their associations came to plead for the continuation and reinforcement of European aid post 2006, but also for their specificities to be taken into account more by all European policies,...