Brussels, 19/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - On the eve of the strike by the personnel of the European institutions (trade unions consider the Council "continues to massacre" our statute and the Commission to drop personnel), the General Affairs Council reached a political agreement, on Monday, on the proposals for amending the Staff Regulations of EU employees. This was welcomed by Commissioner Neil Kinnock. The agreement on pensions, which was the longest to be drawn up, will guarantee that the...