Brussels, 20/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday morning, in an address to the economic and monetary committee of the European Parliament, Othmar Issing Chief Economist at the European Central Bank said that excessive deficits should be corrected as soon as possible and that the commitments made in November by the governments (France and Germany: Editor's note) have to be honoured. Similarly to the president of the ECB Jean-Claude Trichet, he declared that they did not want to...