Brussels, 06/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - The EU25 ministers for the economy and finance have recognised it is immediate and urgent to step up the fight against terrorist financing, the President-in-Office of the Ecofin Council, Gerrit Zalm, said on Monday after the meeting. The Presidency and the European Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Gijs de Vries, who took part in the debate, called on ministers to approve the new version of the directive on money laundering as quickly as possible as well...