Brussels, 18/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission adopted its recommendations on the updated stability programmes of Germany, Belgium, Portugal and Spain (the last remaining countries to be subjected to this exercise this year). Th Commission believes that Germany may not keep its promises of bringing its public deficit below 3% of GDP in 2005, and that Belgium's positive budget forecasts may be called into question by the accounting decision to be taken by...