Brussels, 22/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - As expected, on Wednesday, the European Commission decided to suspend the excess budget proceedings against five new Member States (the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Slovakia) which it describes as being on track for correcting their excess budgets. In Hungary, measures taken to date appear insufficient, as do measures taken by Greece (requested in July, see Europe of 5 July). The Commission distinguishes between the various stages in the...