Brussels, 10/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 7 January in an interview with the Figaro the EU for economic and monetary affairs declared that he was "optimistic about the likelihood of obtaining an agreement" (on the Stability and Growth Pact) before the European Council of mid-March". In this perspective, Joaquin Almunia explained that the meeting of finance ministers on 18 January would be decisive, notably in connection with the definition of a certain number of common criteria for...