Brussels, 01/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - Following his nomination as minister of foreign affairs in France, the European Commissioner for institutional issues and structural and cohesion policies, Michel Barnier, made the following declaration: "I have come to the end of my first mandate as European Commissioner. We are also at a turning point for the two areas that were within my responsibility. In the sphere of regional policy and cohesion I have recently introduced proposals to reform this...