Brussels, 26/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Jacques Barrot's presentation of the communication adopted by the Commission on Wednesday to the press (despite reservations by the Commissioners in charge of finance) entitled "A Strengthened Partnership for Very Remote Areas" (EUROPE yesterday p 9) pointed out that these remote areas are characterised by their distance, which is recognised by the EC Treaty (Article 299 paragraph 2). The communication responds to the conclusions of the...