Brussels, 20/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - In a note addressed to staff members of the European institutions explaining the contents of the Council's political agreement on the reform of EU Staff Regulations, Commissioner Neil Kinnock states that the Commission has managed to obtain a series of additional compromises from the Member States, focusing in particular on the central issue of salary development until the new Regulations enter into force- which will probably be on 1 May 2004. "The...