09/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - this is not the time to do Europe on the cheap, nor is it time for short termism, retreat or hesitation…I am the first to defend value for taxpayers' money. But Europe cannot turn in on itself, cannot let the economic cycle dictate its strategic course", insisted president Cox on the eve of the presentation of the European Commission's proposals on financial perspectives for 2007-2013 (EUROPE 7 February p 7). A minority of Commissioners would prefer that the...