Brussels, 24/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - Rocco Buttiglione, Italian EU affairs minister and acting President of the Competitiveness Council, outlined the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the EU to the European Economic and Social Committee's plenary session in Brussels on 17 July. Following a meeting with EESC President Roger Briesch, Buttiglione asked the EESC, on behalf of the Italian Presidency, to prepare exploratory opinions on economic and social cohesion, the role of organised...