Brussels, 12/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - As expected the European Commission adopted on Wednesday the reports on six new Member States (Cyprus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta, Poland and Slovakia), which had budget deficits higher than the 3% reference value stipulated in the treaty. Two of these countries (Cyprus and Malta) had levels of public debt that were higher than 60% of the GDP reference value. Budgetary surveillance procedures have therefore been launched for these countries. This...