Brussels, 13/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - Despite the many policies that it has implemented for years in order to improve its economic competitiveness, the EU has not yet managed to narrow the GDP per capita gap between itself and the United States. On the contrary, the productivity discrepancy is growing bigger. Also, the European Commission considers that the EU must fully exploit its business potential by making the creation of businesses more attractive. In this context and in the wake of...