Brussels, 06/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - During a conference in Paris on 4 November with the "Europartners Circle", Commissioner Mario Monti reiterated the need to apply competition rules in order to promote growth and bring the EU closer to its Lisbon objective (making Europe the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world). Mr Monti, whose recent decisions regarding French companies attracted the criticism of the industrial world, stressed the fact that "the coincidence of the timing...