Brussels, 02/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Economy and Finance Ministers from the Euro-Zone, who met in Luxembourg in Monday evening under the chairmanship of Nikos Christodoulakis, mainly discussed recommendations to be adopted on Tuesday by the Ecofin Council, under the procedure for excessive deficit undertaken against France (EUROPE of 29 May 2003, p.12 and of 28 May, p.14).
The debate centred mainly on the need to impose on France the duty to achieve a given result as of 2003, that of...