Brussels, 04/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein has written a letter to the Belgian Deputy Prime Minister, Elio di Rupo, to seek to calm the debate on the services directive. On the Council table, the directive extends the principle of mutual recognition to all services.
On Thursday, the Walloon government called on the Belgian federal government to take a stance against the directive at the summit on 17 and 18 June. It believes the directive could be in favour...