Brussels, 12/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - During a Council essentially devoted to the Italian budgetary deficit and to negotiations on savings tax (see yesterday's EUROPE, pages 7 and 8), EU25 Finance Ministers also reached the following results:
Transparency Directive: As predicted, the Council adopted a political agreement taking on board the amendments approved at first reading by the European Parliament (see EUROPE of 11 May, p.10, and 31 March, p.14). The directive defines the content...