04/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Neelie Kroes' hearing was a disappointment to many MEPs (see EUROPE of 30 September, p.10, and 1 October, p.9). The Commissioner-designate was somewhat evasive about the role of the Parliament on the question of services of general interest and she did not specify whether it was necessary, or not, to have a framework directive on this. In a press release, the secretary general of the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (CEEP), Rainer...