29/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - The stance taken by six net contributing countries to the European Union's budget by calling for the budget to be frozen at 1% of GDP between 2007 and 2013 flies in the face of European solidarity, commented European Trade Commissioner, Pascal Lamy, in an interview with Journal du Dimanche (see European of 17 December, p.8, on the countries' position). Discussing the stance taken by France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden, Lamy said the...