Strasbourg, 26/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - Last week, the European Parliament adopted the report by Paul Rübig (EPP-ED, Austria) on the proposal relating to a multiannual programme for companies and entrepreneurship (2001-2005) (mainly for small and medium sized companies, SMEs) that it approves with several amendments (codecision, first reading). With these changes, the EP specifies that: - SMEs play a key role in achieving the Lisbon goals by 2010; - the long-term aim of these programmes must...