Strasbourg, 19/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the EP adopted a resolution on the results of the European Council (for the beginning see EUROPE 17 December p 12).
Competitiveness: the European Parliament welcomed the adoption of the initiative for growth but regretted that the rapid start-up programme had been elaborated without consultation and did not implement clear financing methods. The EP is "deeply worried by the clear lack of follow-up at a Member State level in the Lisbon...